While there were certainly others she would be less thrilled to see join the fleet - any of the Gems who had brought her back to Earth, for example - Lapis can't say she's especially thrilled to see Amethyst arrive. Old habits die hard, and the Crystal Gems make her...jumpy. Suspicious. But...
They're Steven's friends. They were responsible for protecting him - and they seemed to do a better job of doing it than her, even if they had let him be taken here, too.
"...You're on a spaceship, and before you ask, the Homeworld Gems aren't responsible for this." So she had been told, anyway.
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While there were certainly others she would be less thrilled to see join the fleet - any of the Gems who had brought her back to Earth, for example - Lapis can't say she's especially thrilled to see Amethyst arrive. Old habits die hard, and the Crystal Gems make her...jumpy. Suspicious. But...
They're Steven's friends. They were responsible for protecting him - and they seemed to do a better job of doing it than her, even if they had let him be taken here, too.
"...You're on a spaceship, and before you ask, the Homeworld Gems aren't responsible for this." So she had been told, anyway.