It's a good thing that Amethyst has her tail on Steven's shoulder, because for a moment it feels like he's edging forward, like he wants to do something. Say something. Anything. Tears have started rolling down his cheeks, an empathic reaction to the Rose Queen's misery. He can't help but sense it in her. Despite everything, they're still connected, and the tears flow like a force outside his body, as they had with Blue Diamond.

He stops himself, leaning against the trunk of the tree so that he's clinging to it with his arms, sinking down as the feelings overwhelm him. He just... wants things to be right between them, somehow. He doesn't know if it's even possible.

He can't seem to make himself stop caring.