She doesn't need further instruction. With the need for concealment gone, the gem inlaid on her back begins to glow, watery wings blossoming from either side.
The drill retracts, exposing the scarlet glow of the metal hulk's eyes as it peers after them. With a single stroke of her wings, Lapis launches herself into the air, landing lightly on the stairs.
She knows nothing about this human. It would be most prudent to go, and save herself.
But the nagging reminder that Steven wouldn't have is enough to bring her pause.
"I can get away from here," she says, her confidence undimmed even as one of the brute's armored hands starts tearing away at the flimsy wood separating it from them. Nothing so heavy and lumbering could possibly be able to lift itself into the air. "But I can't take you with me."
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The drill retracts, exposing the scarlet glow of the metal hulk's eyes as it peers after them. With a single stroke of her wings, Lapis launches herself into the air, landing lightly on the stairs.
She knows nothing about this human. It would be most prudent to go, and save herself.
But the nagging reminder that Steven wouldn't have is enough to bring her pause.
"I can get away from here," she says, her confidence undimmed even as one of the brute's armored hands starts tearing away at the flimsy wood separating it from them. Nothing so heavy and lumbering could possibly be able to lift itself into the air. "But I can't take you with me."