Oh, this is much more interesting than how Lapis had explained it. Diya somehow manages to give Lapis a good side-eye without turning her head.

"I suppose that now you are organic, fusion would no longer work," she murmurs. She is very taken with the idea, though. "Tell me, Pearl -- do Gems ever fuse purely for the sake of art itself? I was under the impression it served a rather more utilitarian purpose in Gem society. Is it merely function with beautiful form?"