Steven wishes he could hear her, right now. Instead, there's complete silence in his prison, outside of his own stressed breathing and the sounds of his growing exhaustion. He doesn't entirely understand what's happening, but it's cutting deep. He's been trying to break out with all of the strength he an muster - even the parts that seem left over from the Blue Rose.

None of it is working, but maybe that's because he already feels so weak.

The mirror clone theoretically has some idea of what Lapis can do, as it recognizes her, but it's also not the most analytical thinker. Mostly, it is noticing that while these foreign clones may be less durable than it, they are extremely persistent. It's worth calling back up for.

So while Lapis calls for their host, and the first mirror Steven summons a shield and starts blasting through water Stevens with punches and slashes charged with weird blue energy, a second mirror Steven shows up and goes after Lapis herself.

"I didn't know if I'd get to see you again!" the second Steven says, still filled with misplaced relief as it straight up jumps onto bear-Lapis's back and starts trying to claw the shit out of her with fingers made of sharp, crystal points. More thorny vines are coming, trying to tangle up Lapis from beneath as the Steven clone attacks from up top.

Off behind the area where the first Steven is dueling with a handful of water clones, she'll notice similar crystal vines growing around a chunk of ruins, like they are trying to take the form of a large tree, Fern Gully style. If they're setting up their weird fort there, then maybe the real Steven is there, too.