Garnet stood looking in the mirror, her usually blank expression gone. Tears were streaming down her face from all three eyes, and she was muttering to herself, looking in the mirror in the bathroom, clutching the sink so hard there were thin threads cracking it.
"Garnet?"
She whirled around, eyes wide with sorrow and surprise. "Stevonnie," she said, her normally still voice shaking. "How...how are you?"
"Garnet..." Stevonnie said, standing in the doorway, their hair losing much of its volume. "Garnet, what's going on? Amethyst and Pearl are being really secretive and now you're..." Tears started forming in Stevonnie's eyes. "Garnet, what's happening?"
Garnet didn't answer; she stepped away from the sink and walked, zombie-like, to Stevonnie and wrapped them in a tight hug. "We are an experience," she whispered, "but sometimes we have to set that aside." She pulled away, holding Stevonnie at arm's length. "Ruby and Sapphire are stronger apart. We need the numbers, Homeworld is too strong."
"But -" Stevonnie began, but a golden glow filled the room, and they had to turn their face away. When they looked back, garnet had been replaced with two much smaller gems, Ruby and Sapphire. Ruby immediately put a hand to her forehead.
"I'm never going to get over losing future vision," she grumbled, tears in her eyes. "I'm gonna miss being Garnet."
Sapphire didn't say a word. She simply floated out of the bathroom with a small sniffle.
"What were you doing in here?" Stevonnie asked.
Ruby bit her lip, looking after Sapphire. "Memorizing our face."