Pearl's face lit up with pride as she linked arms with him and escorted him toward the house. "The number of humans to have ever seen a gem structure can probably be counted on one hand."
They accended the stairs and walked into the main house. Garnet, Steven and Aethyst were sitting around in the kitchen. She walked passed them and stood in front of her door. The two gems and Steven watched with a strange kind of interest and excitement, until they all broke into a unison, "oooooh"
"Oh, please!" Pearl groaned, opening the door with her gem.
"Stay away from the Waterfalls!" Garnet called as they stepped inside. "You won't survive the fall." She sounded so casual about it, as though it was something she'd seen a hundred times or more. Pearl looked back with notable concern and nodded.
Pearl's room was bathed in a tranquil blanket of blue light and mist, like looking into teh moon just after a fall of rain. Soft piano music echoed through the fairly large chamber. Three large plateaus of cascading water stood in a triangle in the middle of a wading pool. The swish of water accompanied the piano score nicely. And around the edge of the pool where ornate carvings of the cycle of the moon.
"Well, what do you think?" She asked, hopping a little in her excitement. There was something about bringing a human in to her most private space that made her feel so in-control and, perhaps, a bit naughty. What was it about the taboo things that didn't hurt anyone that just seemed to pepper life and make it delicious?