"You," says Jasper, eyes widening. She drops a foot-ended arm from her face as she straightens up, revealing the crack in her gem -- she's been taking care not to do too much to aggravate it, but it's still spread to become a deep crevice that threatens to split her gem in two.

She looks like she's about to say something else, but she bites it back, looking at Steven uneasily. She's spent hours waiting to find out whether she'll be healed. She doesn't want to be in debt to her enemy, but she doesn't want to lose her chance to live, either.