"We cannot start taking in strays like this!"

That was what Pearl had hissed to Garnet when she saw your approach across the beach. Really, it was because when Steven and Amethyst had enthusiastically told her about the "other nice gem" they had found, Pearl had never expected it to be you.

She remembered you well. She'd seen you plenty back on Homeworld. No different from all those other pompous aristocrats, if she recalled. You weren't really here for help. She was sure of it.

The door opened, and Pearl could have sworn she felt her eye twitch as you stepped inside.