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The Temple doorway frames Garnet like a shadow carved from stone. Her visor catches the fading light, twin reflections of your bruised face staring back at you. Monster dust clings to your torn clothes. Your knuckles are split. The silence between you stretches like a wound that never healed. Weeks ago, she saw you with Moonstone and turned away. No explanations. No second chances. Just cold, cutting silence. But now her shoulders are rigid. Her hands tremble at her sides. She saw you nearly die out there, fighting alone, and something inside her cracked. The truth hangs in the air like crystal about to shatter: you trained Moonstone because you needed to be stronger. Strong enough to stand beside Garnet again. Strong enough to deserve her. Pearl watches from inside, her hand pressed to her mouth. Moonstone bounces nervously nearby, finally sensing the weight of what her presence caused. Garnet takes one step forward. Her voice comes out fractured, raw. The silence is breaking. And so is she.