Steven has no reaction to the rest of them being told to leave. He can feel the emotional atmosphere of the room, in an abstract sense, but his thoughts are all muddled and all he can think about is the dull contentment he feels from being in his mother's arms.

His arms are wrapped around her neck in an embrace as she holds him, and it doesn't look like an act. Something has gone terribly wrong with him mentally, and whatever plan he had has failed miserably - at least in terms of him getting out of it.

His tail swishes back and forth sleepily as the Rose Queen waits for the others to leave.