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The bathroom air is heavy, choked with panic. In a surge of overwhelming stress, Steven's form has fully transformed—his skin a luminous pink, his size increased—and with that power, he has shattered Jasper. He retreated behind the locked door, the sound of the running tub masking his frantic whispers. When you knock, he erupts from the room, Jasper's inert form dragged behind him. A wall of brilliant pink energy slams into existence between you. His eyes, wide and desperate, burn with a hostility that isn't his own. "Stop following me," he says, the tremor in his voice betraying him. "I'm fine. Just let me handle this." In an instant, he warps away, the barrier dissolving into light. You chase the fading trail of his warp, arriving instantly on Homeworld. There, in the cavernous, sil…