"So, what exactly were you doing last night?" Howlite asked.
"I showed one of the prisoners Earth." Sodalite replied.
"You what? You let one go?" Howlite tensed up in her seat.
"No, I didn`t let her go. I took her out of that crummy cell and let her play around at the beach, then we talked about stuff, it was harmless." Sodalite said.
"That sounds really suspicious." Howlite narrowed her eyes and stood up.
"Don`t worry about it." Sodalite approached Howlite and took her by the hand.
"What did you two talk about?" Howlite asked.
"Picking sides, what it means to be a Crystal Gem." Sodalite shrugged.
"Did you tell her your story?" Howlite squeezed Sodalite`s hand tighter.
"Yep, and yours." Sodalite smiled.
Howlite let go of Sodalite`s hand. "Soda! You know I don`t want people knowing that!"
"Why? I know you aren`t perfect, so why hide it for everyone else?" Sodalite shrugged.
"It`s complicated." Howlite looked away, blushing.
Sodalite turned Howlite`s face towards her. "If it weren`t for those few years of weakness, you wouldn`t be here with me." Sodalite let out a meek smile. "And you wouldn`t have those awesome eyes that won us our last raid."
"I normally would push away your sympathy, but I know you`re just gonna.." Howlite said quietly before getting interrupted.
"Let`s hug it out!" Sodalite quickly pulled in Howlite for a hug.
Howlite blushed and let out a few nervous giggles. "Okay..that`s enough..."
"Nope...nope, nope, nope, we gotta squeeze all that insecurity out, come on." Sodalite pulled tighter.
"Oh Soda..." Howlite smiled, then pecked Sodalite on the forehead.
The two Gems pulled away from each other and went to sit on the couch.
"I was so useless back then...no wonder Homeworld didn`t come back for me, they must`ve thought the experiment failed and decided to throw me here." Howlite put her head in her hands.
"Don`t say that! I thought I hugged all of that stuff out of ya!" Sodalite put her arm around Howlite.
"You can`t get rid of the past, Soda." Howlite said.
"You can forgive yourself though, right?" Sodalite asked.
"It wasn`t my fault, it was Homeworld`s, for making a scared, useless animal out of me, scampering around Earth until Rose stumbled upon me." Howlite said.
"Aren`t you glad Rose did though? She helped you, I helped you, now you`re okay! Just...promise me you won`t beat yourself up about this anymore and just, be proud that you were a survivor." Sodalite gave a light smile.
Howlite lifted her head off her hands and looked at Sodalite, she then hugged her. "Alright, the augmentation makes it painful to cry anyway."
"Just breathe, close your eyes, and it will go away." Sodalite advised, and Howlite followed her instructions.
Howlite stood up and shook her head, almost as a way to get back on task. "I gotta head over to the Kindergarten, I`m going to be spying with a few other Gems, including the one we poofed the other night."
"Oh, no hard feelings? She`s the one who asked to spar with us." Sodalite gritted her teeth.
"She doesn`t have to know it was us. Anyway, I won`t be back until tonight, meaning you have to make dinner and get the bed ready." Howlite said.
"Aw! We don`t even need to eat or sleep!" Sodalite shouted.
"It`s fun, and you gotta pull your weight as my roommate." Howlite said, pulling her black bandanna over her mouth.
"Oh, and one more thing!" Sodalite grabbed Howlite`s arm to keep her from leaving.
"What is it?" Howlite asked.
"You know how I`m supposed to lead Pinky and her posse to the slaughter tomorrow?"
"It`s not exactly slaughter if she picks our side, but yeah?"
"I can`t do it, I`m not...that`s not me, Howlite, I can`t just lead people to be killed with a straight face. I`m going to talk to Rose today, and I`m going to have someone else do it for me."
"Do you have an idea on who you think can do it?"
"You. Howlite, I think you can, I`ve seen you in battle, you don`t let personal things get in the way like I do. Do you think you can do it?"
"Fine, but I`ll probably really grumpy in the morning because I`ll be tired."
"You`re the best!" Sodalite hugged Howlite, she then let go and followed her out the door to talk to Rhodochrosite.
Hi! I know this isn`t the typical chapter, just a dialogue bit between Sodalite and Howlite, I hope you enjoy!
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