That sounded exactly like what Steven did for the Crystal Gems, come to think of it. Now she was getting herself all wistful. Oh dear. Sighing, Connie leans against the table. "You remind me a lot of Steven, actually. Like a grown-up version of him without all the mom-related trauma. He had to do the same thing, you know, except for an unfathomably old ex-slave soldier with a hefty dose of PTSD and relationship issues, a complete void of self-worth shaped like a person, one person who is kind of like two people except not, a green gremlin who had literally zero social skills before arriving on Earth a few years ago because she was designed that way, and... Lapis. Just Lapis."