Pearl cannot bring herself to forgive the beast that stole Rose's life. If hating Steven is her grief, learning to love him is learning to cope.

Human AU. Pearl is a professional ballet dancer preparing for the lead role in 'Giselle' when she is attacked by an unknown assailant, leaving her crippled. With her career in ruins, she has to adjust to life as a broken ballerina with the help of the stagehand who saved her life. Warnings for blood and violence in the first chapter.

Steven, through unspecified circumstances, wanders a forest with the company of the brutal but warm-hearted giant robot; his new friend puts on an act of being mean and scary, but Steven knows Sugilite. He knows all about big things that everyone thinks is scary, and he knows how to get through to them.