Author's Note: Heya, welcome back to another chapter! This one's long, so be sure to cozy up with a snack and a blanket or something. Hope you enjoy! Let's jump right in.


Chapter 6 - Rose's Fountain

The next morning, Steven was awoken by the sound of conversation. Blinking groggily, he realized that he had not gotten nearly as much sleep as he would have liked. He wagered, between bouts of shooing away his lion and the nightmare that followed, he had managed to get 5 hours tops. Now, as the sun bled in through the moth-eaten curtains, the raised voices of the arguing Crystal Gems brought him bubbling up to consciousness.

"Well we can't just let her live in there forever!" Pearl said.

"Well she's not just gonna come out to say hi," Amethyst countered.

"Enough," Garnet said, breaking their argument apart and striding forward to lay a hand on the door to the bathroom. "Peridot. Are you ready to talk today?"

There was a pause.

"-No!" Peridot said, her voice slightly muffled from behind the door. "I have nothing to say to you."

Steven turned over in his bed, keeping the blankets pulled up to his chin as he observed the trio of gems. Pearl rubbed the front of her gem in annoyance.

"We've tried being nice," she said, "we've tried playing games. We need information. Information that you have."

There was a glow, and in a flash, Pearl suddenly summoned a sword. Beneath the covers, Steven's eyes went wide.

"You are going to tell us what you know, Peridot," Pearl said, striding up to the door, "or I am gonna-"

"Pearl."

Garnet put a hand on her chest, and pointed towards Steven, who flinched as he realized he had been spotted by the ever observant Garnet. It must be that third of hers. Pearl turned to see Steven, awake, and went a bit blue in the cheeks as she blushed. There was a flash as she deposited the sword back into her gem.

"Oh- Good morning, Steven!" She said.

"It doesn't matter what you do to me, you crystal clods! Soon the Cluster will emerge and destroy you all! It's only a matter of time," Peridot shouted from the bathroom.

Amethyst squinted at the door.

"What's a 'cluster'?" She wondered aloud.

Steven, knowing that the jig was up, emerged from his bed and gathered up his clothes for the day along with a towel. Walking over to where the gems were standing, he gave a tentative knock on the door.

"I don't know," Pearl said, in response to Amethyst.

"Um, Peridot? Can I come in? I need to shower and brush my teeth," Steven said.

There was a pause.

"No!"

Steven groaned loudly.

"Come on! I barely got any sleep because of lion and my weird dreams, and now I can't even take a shower?"

Garnet looked down at him.

"Weird dreams?" She prodded.

Steven rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah, uh," he said, "last night I had a couple of weird dreams. I'm pretty sure the first one was about lion. He was being really friendly last night. The second one was way weirder, and I can only kind of remember it. There was this kid, and he was trying to talk to me, I think. Like I said, it's really groggy, but it was like he was really trying reach out."

The gems swapped glances (which Steven hated, because it always meant that they knew something he didn't.) Pearl was the first to break the silence.

"One of your mother's powers was astral projection. The ability to send a manifestation of your mind into the thoughts of others."

"Woah, like Dreamwalker 2!" Steven said.

Pearl wrinkled her nose.

"Uh, yes, like Dreamwalker 2," she said. "I would avoid talking to anyone in your dreams again. At least until we find a way for you to hone that power."

"So, you mean, I might have actually been in someone else's mind?" Steven said, suddenly looking nervous.

"It's possible," Garnet said. As Steven continued to grow paler, she raised an eyebrow at him. "Is there more you aren't telling us, Steven?"

"He… He looked hurt," Steven said. "The boy in my dream. Like he needed help."

Garnet grimaced.

"Do you think it was a gem monster?" Amethyst said what they were all thinking. "If more and more are popping up, they might be encountering more humans."

"That would be very, very bad," Garnet said. She turned back to Steven. "You said that lion was acting strange last night?"

Steven nodded.

"Perhaps it was trying to tell you something," she said.

"Garnet, please," Pearl said, "the lion?"

"I dunno, P," Amethyst chimed in, "it's obvious that it has some kind of connection to Rose. Maybe it knows something about her powers."

They all turned to look outside, to where the large, pink shape of the lion could be seeing lounging in the sand on the beach. Like always, the creature was basking in the sun, enjoying the warm summer air, more than likely, napping. In silent agreement, the Crystal Gems (and Steven) made their way down to the beach, and as several shadows blocked the sunlight, the lion opened one eye.

"Hello, friend," Garnet said.

"Hey, lion, they wanna know if you uh. Like, know anything about mom's powers?" Steven said, suddenly feeling silly for saying it.

Pearl stuck her nose up haughtily.

"I told you, it's just some strange animal," she said. "It has nothing to do with Rose. She would have told me about something like that."

The lion's eyes lingered on Pearl for a long moment, and then, it yawned, before standing up defiantly, and padding off, tail towards the group. Steven watched him go, a little sad.

"You hurt his feelings," Steven cooed.

RooAWWR!

There was a flash of white-pink light, and suddenly, a gaping portal had torn open the space between the waves and the sand, causing the water that came to shore to splash back onto the stones of the portals destination. From where they were standing, they could see overgrown brambles and natural shale formations.

The lion turned back towards them, eyes glowing white for a moment before the energy receded, and then it sat down and licked its paw, ignoring them completely as they walked closer to the portal. Steven grinned as he bounded across the sand, taking long, bouncy leaps with his newfound super jumps, before descending slowly and giving the lion a gentle pat on the top of his head.

"Great job lion! Where does it go?" He asked.

The lion continued to lick its paw. Steven's smile barely wavered.

"Oh, haha, OK! Keep your secrets," he said, shrugging it off and going to walk into the portal.

"Hold on, Steven," Amethyst said.

Steven turned around, looking at the purple gem's serious expression. She jerked a thumb over her shoulder, and Steven followed it to see Pearl, her hands clamped over her face in a vice grip. Garnet stood beside her, muttering encouraging words, and as a single tear fell from Pearl's eye, she seemed to regain composure. Her physical form shuddered, and then, straightening herself up and wiping away the tear, she went to catch up with Steven and Amethyst.

"It's a spring," Garnet said. "A spring that your mother was very fond of. She and Pearl would go there often. It seems your lion does know more than he's letting on."

"C'mon, let's go see what it means!" Steven said, jumping into the portal.

"Wait!" Pearl said, as she, Garnet, and Amethyst jumped through after him. As the final gem came through the portal, it suddenly closed behind them, replaced with stone and sky.

"Uh oh," Amethyst said, pointing to where there was no longer a magic lion portal. "Looks like we gotta find the warp pad."

"What were you thinking?" Pearl asked Steven.

"I was thinking that we might find the boy from my dream here!" Steven said. "Garnet said lion might know something, and he sent us here. I trust him."

Pearl, while somewhat reluctant, held her tongue, and Steven led the way as they travelled further away from where the portal had dropped them.

"If my memory serves, we just need to keep walking this direction and we'll come across the portal. It's just past the entrance to the fountain."

"Fountain?" Steven asked, turning around to walk backwards, causing his flip-flops to flap awkwardly. "What kinda fountain? Like a chocolate fountain?"

"It was your mother's fountain," Pearl said, with a wistful sigh.

"But gems don't even eat. Why would my mom want a chocolate fountain?" Steven asked, now confused.

"It wasn't a chocolate fountain," Garnet said, ruffling the boys hair, "it was a healing fountain."

Steven's eyes sparkled

"Healing fountain?" He said, mouth forming a wide 'O'. Amethyst laughed and shook her head, looking over to the other two to explain. Unsurprisingly, it was Pearl who took the helm on this one.

"Rose had the power to heal things that were sick or injured. Her tears were full of magical properties, so she stored them here, in her fountain," she said, seeming as if she might swoon. "Oh, it's simply teeming with her lacrimal, healing essence!"

Steven made a slightly perturbed face, and Amethyst suddenly stopped walking.

"Your mother's healing tears were instrumental during the Gem War. We were outnumbered, but our soldiers could fight on far longer than the invaders from Homeworld," Garnet said.

"Guys," Amethyst said.

They all stopped, turning to where Amethyst was standing. She pointed off, away down one o the splintering pathways that led further through the spring. Pearl followed her pointing finger, and before Steven could do the same, Garnet had suddenly wrapped her arms around him, scooping him up and making a dash for a nearby rock formation. Steven lurched in her grip, and as they suddenly came to a stop, the burgundy gem shielding his body with her own, he looked up in surprise.

"What's-"

Garnet looked down at him and pit a finger to her lips. Steven went silent. By this point, Pearl and Amethyst had also found cover, and Pearl was peeking ove the edge of a nearby boulder.

"How many?" Amethyst muttered.

"Maybe… 10?" Pearl said, equally quiet, eyes laser focused on whatever she was watching.

"Human?" Amethyst asked. Pearl grimaced, causing Amethyst's eyes to widen slightly. "... Pearl?"

"I… I can't tell, they're all wearing armor. " Pearl said. Then, she gulped. "Galra armor."

Garnet's grip on Steven slightly tightened. The boy looked up at her worriedly.

"What's Galra armor?" He asked.

"The Galra are aliens," Garnet said, "dangerous ones. They aren't a problem anymore."

"Or so we thought," Amethyst muttered. "How long's it been? 50 years?"

"It doesn't matter," Pearl said, "they're guarding the entrance to the fountain. What are they doing here?"

"Maybe they found out about the healing fountain," Steven suggested. The other three gems suddenly turned to look at him. He blinked. "Uh, I mean. I know if my dad found out about a fountain of healing, he'd do anything to find it. He's always complaining about his back. I don't know if these guys are anything like my-"

Garnet clamped a hand over the boy's mouth, and nodded once to Amethyst and Pearl. They both reacted instantly, dashing off, ducked low. Seconds later, there were muffled grunts, and the sound of people hitting the ground. Garnet, then satisfied, let go of Steven, and he followed her as she rose and walked around the rock they were using as cover. Steven took note of the collapsed people wearing strange, chrome armor. They were crumpled in front of a glorious looking gate, clearly Gem in origin, that seemed to lead into a cave.

With a swift kick, Amethyst booted the helmet off of one of the collapsed guards, revealing a head of messy black hair. She looked over to Garnet and Pearl.

"Human," she confirmed.

"Woah," Steven said, putting his hands on his cheeks. "Human's with Galra tech?"

He wielded the word as if he knew all about the Galra, prompting Garnet to raise an eyebrow at him. He blushed a little, and took his hands off of his cheeks, trying to assume something like a serious stance. With a distortion of the air, he summoned the pink shield that was his signature weapon, and held it at his side. The message was clear: Steven was a Crystal Gem. He wanted to prove it.

"If Steven's right, there will be more inside," Garnet said. "Let's move quietly. We don't know how many more."

With that, the group got low, and began to sneak their way into the cavern. The hall they travelled was lit every so often by a burning torch, casting heavy, flickering shadows, easy for the gems and Steven to crouch in. There were several agonizing minutes of silence for Steven as he proved his mettle, and kept both pace and stealth with the others, having stored his flip-flops in Pearl's gemstone. Eventually, they began to hear voices down the hall, and Garnet put out a wide arm to stop the crew behind her. She signaled to listen.

"I don't know, you really think so?" A gruff adult male said.

"Lord Driscoll is no fool," a voice, more than likely from behind a mask, said. "The boy will not escape us for long. If our scouts don't find him, I'm sure his friend will squeal."

"That kid's not even gonna make it if you don't give him some food," a voice, a woman's, said. "How do you expect him to talk if he's hanging there mostly dead?"

As she mentioned the hanging boy, Steven's eyes widened, and in the dark, Amethyst and Pearl exchanged a look. Garnet said stock still, clearly concentrating intently. The conversation around the corner continued as the muffled voice grumbled low in his chest.

"Perhaps you are right," he said. "However, something tells me that this boy is still holding an ace. You think of a boy and imagine weakness… I've seen what lurks in his eyes."

Garnet turned to the gems, and whispered near-silently.

"On my signal, we rush in. There's only 3," she said.

"How do you-?" Steven started to say. Then, he grinned. "Oh, right. Futurevision."

"One, two-"

From somewhere deeper in the cave, there was a loud crash! Then, the sounds of groaning metal, and finally, the sounds of combat. Around the corner, there were the sounds of confusion, and Garnet, reacting, wasted no time in vaulting herself forward and delivering a graceful kick to one of the guard's faces. The rest of the gems, assuming this was the signal, dashed in behind her. Steven took stock of where they had emerged.

They were on a roofed balcony that crowned a stone stairway, which spiraled its way to the ground floor of the cave. There, a massive pool of pale, pink water sparkled calmly, resting in a huge, carved basin. There were various armored guards sitting around in. Directly in front of them, stood two guards, one unconscious from Garnet's brick-heavy kick, and some kind of masked commander. His armor was bright crimson, in stark contrast with the rest of his chrome companions.

Steven decided that he was a priority target.

"Hyah!" Steven grunted, spinning and whipping his shield at the masked warrior full force.

The man (who had been staving off attacks from Pearl's spear with a blade of yellow energy) was caught by surprise, and the wide, pink disk collided squarely with his forehead, sending him reeling back, and then tumbling over the side of the balcony, falling with a heavy Oof! On the floor below. Steven and Pearl ran over to the edge, and looked down at the man, and watched as he slowly began to pull himself up. Nodding at each other, they turned back to their companions.

"Well," Amethyst said, as she finished knocking out the other guard with her whip, "there goes the element of surprise."

The sounds of boots and battle cries rang out as the cavern came alive with chrome soldiers. As more mobilized and prepared to defend their makeshift base, a total of nearly thirty armed humans came pouring out of the cave, charging towards the stone staircase.

"I thought you said there were only 3!" Steven said.

"I was wrong," Garnet said, summoning her gauntlets with a blast of sound. "Now come on. We have to take the fight to them! If they box us in we're done for."

Without further command, the big, burgundy gem dashed forward, and, meeting with the lead warrior, proceeded to hit him in the jaw with a surprisingly swift left hook, sending him flying (and screaming) off of the side of the staircase. Then, she began to duke it out with the next soldier. The rest of the gems took note, and Amethyst rapidly morphed into a large, lavender bird, which Pearl mounted, placing her spear in her palm like a javelin. Before they took off, Pearl turned back to Steven.

"Be careful." is all she said. Then, the two gems took off, yelling battle cries as Pearl volleyed down light-spears from Amethyst's back.

As Steven watched, his heart began to race. Garnet was now fighting three men at once on the stairs, and they wielded strange, yellow technology. With a jolt of his heart, Steven noticed the sweat on Garnet's brow. She was fighting for her life. Likewise, the soldiers on the ground floor had brought out guns, and were firing crackling yellow projectiles at the aerial cavalry. Steven even heard one of them shout "Aim for the gems!" These were dangerous foes, and foes Steven had never fought before.

Steven started to panic. He started to break down. What could he do? What could he do? All of the Crystal Gems were going to poof, and then he'd be alone against them. How could he win? Then, he realized: he was a Crystal Gem. As long as one of them still could fight, then there would always be a chance. Gritting his teeth, and readying his shield, Steven prepared to leap off of the balcony and do a superhero landing (something he had always dreamed of doing.)

However, just as Steven his running start, another crashing sound echoed from further in the cave, and what appeared to be the iron bars of some kind of cell door came flying into the fountain chamber. As Steven watched, a hulking monster emerged into view. It was a wretched chimera, an awful amalgamation of bits of different creatures. It possessed spiny, vestigial, insect wings, jutting fangs like those of an anglerfish, and various other near-indescribable parts. Despite its monstrosity, there was something familiar about it. A hand made of burning magma came flying out, unleashing a torrent of flame that engulfed several of the chrome soldiers, causing them to turn and flee or risk being melted alive in their suits.

The monster had changed the tides of the fight, but was it friend or foe? Judging by the way it was fighting the guards, Steven hoped it was friend. If not, that could be sorted out later. For now, had to help Garnet! As she was busy battling a horde of warriors at the foot of the stone staircase, the commander in red armor had snuck up behind her in the din of battle. He clutched a crackling yellow blade, and was inching closer and closer to Garnet's back!

"Garnet!" Steven shouted, moving without thinking and taking a long, leaping jump down the entire staircase, landing deftly behind the bigger gem. She glanced back once, but had to instantly turn around to block an incoming strike from a chrome warrior.

"Steven? What is it?"

Clang!

Steven deflected the yellow blade of the red commander with his shield, and sparks flew. The masked man growled beneath the mask, and Steven glared at the intimidating visage, trying to look determined. He wasn't.

"Steven!" Garnet said, blocking another strike. "Swap with me!"

"What?!"

"Bubble!"

Garnet then pivoted on her back, causing Steven to do the same. This brought Garnet face to face with the masked man, and Steven face to face with an entire horde of soldiers. They lashed forward with their weapons, but like Garnet suggested, he threw his arms up and summoned his pink defensive barrier, and the energy blades bounced harmlessly off. They barely made a crack. Steven, out of pure shock that he was still alive, laughed out loud, causing the guards to angrily begin wailing away on the impenetrable sphere, forgetting all about Garnet, who was now battling the masked man.

More importantly, however, distracting them from the incoming monster.

The chimeric monster came rumbling forward, roaring with an eerily human tone as it swung its hefty purple right arm, along with its secondary, but no less muscular, third arm. It cut swathes in the group that were attacking Steven, and fully drew their attention, just as the bubble was starting to become weakened. As they dashed off to fight the monster, Steven dropped the barrier with a hefty sigh, and then clutched his side, watching the warriors fight the monster. A part of its face looked almost humanoid, with fleshy lips, and dangling black hair, and even brown human eye. Looking at this sent a chill up Steven's spine as he realized what it all meant.

Somehow, this was the boy from his dream.

Which, perhaps, meant it was on their side, Steven reasoned. Pulling himself to his feet, he began to run towards the monster, much to Pearl and Amethyst's dismay.

"Steven, wait!" Cried Pearl, who had been observing from above. Amethyst dove down towards him, but in the process, was suddenly struck by a stray blast of energy. She warbled for a moment, speaking backwards, and then poofed, mid-air. Pearl rapidly reached through the dispersing fog, snatching up Amethyst's gem and clutching it close to her as she tucked herself in for the landing. The gem crashed hard to the ground, skidding across the stone tiles.

"Pearl!" Steven shouted, whirling as he saw the gems go down. As he was distracted, there was movement from the huge creature, and Steven was suddenly struck by a massive, blistering pain on the left side of his body. His perception was fuzzy, and for a moment, he thought he was still standing on the ground. However, he soon realized he was flying through the air.

Everything seemed to slow down. Glancing at himself, Steven realized he was heavily burned, up and down his arm. Plus, he felt deeply bruised. The pain was agonizing. As he soared through the chamber, he saw Garnet fighting the masked man at a snails pace. Pearl fending off soldiers, clutching Amethyst's gem in one hand. The monster reeling back as some kind of blinding, white-pink light suddenly engulfed the chamber. It was too bright… Steven had to squeeze his eyes shut-

SPLASH!

Steven was suddenly in water. He hit the surface on his back, and then began to sink. Oddly, passing the surface of the water didn't force his eyes to blink shut, and as he sunk further into the depths of whatever pool he had been thrown into, the distant lights of the cave began to tint deeper and deeper pink.

Was he… in the fountain? He realized, then, that the intense pain he had been feeling had vanished. Looking over to his arm, he saw the severe, dark red, blistering burns had vanished. His arm was fully healed. Steven blinked once. Then, someone began shouting above the surface of the water. A familiar voice. Who?

There was a low splash as someone plunged their hand into the water. Their hand grabbed for Steven's. It was smaller than his, and couldn't quite reach him. As Steven blinked hazily, the person plunged themself deeper into the water, now shoving their full face in, though the details were obscured by a cloud of floating, black hair. Whoever they were grabbed Steven by the hand, firmly, and suddenly he was being hauled up to the water's surface. For a moment he almost didn't want to go. It was quiet here. Soothing, unlike the chaos up above. However, his lungs screamed, and the person's hand insisted, and soon, Steven broke the surface of the fountain with a loud gasp.

"Ah! It's in my eyes! Oh, that smarts!" The person beside him said. Steven, drenched and hacking, turned to look at them.

To his surprise, he was looking into the soaking wet, winking face of Connie Maheswaren. She was wearing jeans and a t shirt, but slung over her back was some kind of big, pink… instrument case? No, Steven realized. A scabbard. And in her hand: an enormous, pink sword. Steven's mouth gaped open, and Connie grinned a little as he looked at her in confusion.

"You OK, Steven?"

Steven shook his head rapidly.

"What! No! How did you get here? You have to go, it's dangerous! Where did you even get that sword?!"

"You're telling me! I just saved you!" Connie countered indignantly. "And I came on Lion. It um… Came out of his forehead."

"What?"

She jerked her thumb back towards the fight. Yet another newcomer had joined the fray, and now the pink Lion and Garnet were working together to battle the amalgam monster, while Pearl was dealing with the remaining knights. The red commander was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's…" Steven muttered.

His thoughts were interrupted as the lion was suddenly thrown across the room by a mighty blow from the monster. It made no sound, but flinched slightly as it slammed against the stone wall, and didn't move for a few moments, though it tried. That left Garnet and Pearl fighting. Pearl, one handed trying to protect Amethyst, was a disadvantage, and many of the temporarily defeated soldiers were now getting back up and reinforcing their comrades. Garnet, meanwhile, had her hands full battling the monster. Had she been running on fully capacity, it might have been no problem, but she had just duked it out with several waves of enemies, and she, too, was on her back foot.

That left Steven. He gulped, as, warily, he got to his feet. His leg was no longer burned, though he was haunted by phantom memories. Somewhat wobbly, the half-gem produced his shield with a warbling noise. He was about to take a tentative step forward, when he felt a steely hand on his shoulder. Turning, he looked to see Connie giving him a determined smile.

"Hey," she said, "you're not alone. I'm right here… Now let's beat these guys. I'm technically supposed to be at my kendo lesson."

Steven couldn't help but grin, and then nodded, putting his spare hand on her shoulder in turn. Their eyes locked, and full of fierce courage, the two of them began to glow. Seconds later, Stevonnie stood in the chamber, wielding both Steven's shield and the sword. With a familiar rush of confidence, they prepared to charge into battle.

The first thing they noticed was that they could see perfectly.

More than perfectly. They were lightning fast! Their reflexes were suddenly on tenfold! The unique fusion dashed into the fight, coming up on a few unsuspecting soldiers and dispatching them with two even strikes of the heavy, pink flat of the sword. As a few of the men gunning for Pearl took note of the incoming newcomer, they turned, energy blades at the ready to face them. Stevonnie just grinned.

A soldier dashed forward, lunging with their sword, and Stevonnie, gracefully, sidestepped, doing a small twirl on their toe, hair cascading over their shoulders as they swung the sword around and heavily dented the man's helmet, knocking him out. Then, they lobbed the shield forward, and it connected with one helmet, and then ka-ding! Ricocheted and slammed firmly into another helmet, sending both soldiers reeling. Before they could recover, Stevonnie dashed in, hitting them both with a leaping double spin kick (assisted by Steven's floating powers) before catching the shield mid-air.

"Ya-hoo!" They cheered. "We can do action movie stunts!"

"Steven?" Pearl suddenly said, from behind them.

"Um," Stevonnie said, turning around to face her, and delivering a casual riposte to a weak swing as they did. "Technically, it's… Stevonnie."

"You fused?" Pearl asked incredulously. "With a human?!"

"Listen, we can talk about it later!" Stevonnie said, pointing towards Garnet. "Garnet needs our-"

Wham! There was a heavy noise as Garnet's fist finally got the better of the monster, connecting with his jaw and sending him spiraling to the floor. Garnet stood over him, then, and crossed her arms. The creature touched its jaw, and then looked to the floor shamefully.

"What are you gonna do?" The monster said, surprising everyone with its speech. "Torture me?"

"No," Garnet said. "You were a prisoner here. I'm going to let you go."

The monster blinked, and so did Stevonnie.

"What?"

Garnet nodded.

"You're free to go," Garnet said.

The monster required no more encouragement, quickly dashing off up the stairs, with surprising speed for one its size, and vanishing outside of the cave. There was a bright glow from the fountain, then, as Amethyst quickly reassembled her physical form. She emerged from the murky pink waters, and sighed.

"Damn it!" She said, not bothering to censor herself. "I hate getting poofed. I feel all weak."

"I'm just glad you're alright," Pearl said. The two of them swapped an embarrassed glance, and then looked away. As they did, something caught Amethyst's eye, and she suddenly stifled a laugh with her hand. Pearl raised a quizzical eyebrow at her.

"Pearl, Pearl," the little purple gem snorted, pointing to where her gaze lay, "look at Garnet."

Some distance away, Stevonnie was looking sheepish as Garnet stood before them with the widest grin she had ever displayed, like she was a child who had just encountered her most favorite puppy. Taking note of this exchange, Pearl too, cracked a smile.

So she didn't know everything about Rose after all.