"Everything was fine, in the beginning." Spinel remarked, allowing the room to replay a small memory of her playing with the diamonds. She sighed, turning away from Steven.

"But then they kept leaving, at first I didn't know why-" the gem paused, sharing in watching the rooms depiction of herself being left alone as the Diamonds departed.

"Then I found out it was because gems were revolting, attacking." Steven watched his friend as she became somber at the thought, he hadn't realized that such a thing would even affect her.
The memories continued to play, as the two viewed them.

"So I tried to cheer them up, I did everything I thought would work, to make them happy." Spinel paused, watching a memory of herself attempting to cheer Yellow Diamond, though Yellow only seemed annoyed by her antics.

"They were mad at me, and they put me away." Steven glanced at Spinel as she spoke, she seemed to sag with sadness, as she recalled being put aside in Pink's room, alone.

"I had snuck out though, and found out that White had ordered her Obsidian to build a weapon. One that would put gems in their place...once and for all." The gem's heart ached as she recounted story, sharing the images with Steven while he stared helplessly at the events as they unfolded.

"They took a rejuvenator apart and were reprogramming it, trying to change how it worked, but I knew it was wrong, so I tried to talk to them." Spinel's memory replayed, she had been pleading with the diamonds, before losing her temper and causing a scene in front of the Diamond courts. White pointed a finger at her, ordering the Obsidian to strike her with the rejuvenator and throwing the poofed gem back into Pink Diamond's room.

Spinel shuttered, turning her eyes away from the scene for a moment, trying to gather the words to continue. Steven rested a hand on her shoulder, as if to remind her that it wasn't still happening.

"I got reset, but I kept finding out, kept making the same stupid mistakes, saying the stupid same things." The scene rewinded, and repeated itself, only varying in slight ways, but it always ended the same.

"Until one day, I snuck out of Pink's room, and I stole the rejuvenator...I hid it in my gem, I told blue that what they were doing was wrong- that hurting gems, resetting them wasn't the way. I told them that it was why Pink left." she dragged in a breath, crouching down on the floor, consumed by her thoughts, the memory played before her as if it were happening in real time. Steven bent over, pulling the gem into a hug as she tried to stop herself from crying.

Steven instinctively patted his friend's head.

"It's alright, you're okay now." He whispered softly. Spinel pushed away from him in disbelief and shame.

"It's not alright! They have it, they're going to fix it! That's what they were doing, don't you see?!" The gem cried, grabbing her hair and yanking on it in desperation.

"They don't just want to reset gems they-" she nearly choked on her words, "they want to destroy them!" Spinel stood, raising her hand to her chest and gripping it tightly.

"I was just the test subject!" Her voice cracked at her words, "I'm only here because it didn't work right! I took it and- and they took it back! What happens if they fix it? The-they won't just shatter me, they'll destroy me!" The gem swiveled around, not facing her friend as he watched her begin to spiral into despair.

"I was so, so stupid! I let them take it, I let them- I shouldn't have come here, I ruined everything, I-"

"Spinel STOP!" Steven stood now, the gem flinched and fell silent. Steven held out his hand, hesitant to touch her, but rested it on her shoulder regardless.
The gem looked up at him, tears streaming down her face as she gulped nervously.
Steven softened his stern eyes and provided her a reassuring smile, though he too was concerned about the information Spinel had shared.

"You did the right thing, and I'm glad you came back." He said gently, grabbing the shaken gem's hand and facing her directly.

"We'll fix this. You don't have to worry." He affirmed. The gem nodded subtly, unsure if he could do so, but hopeful nonetheless.