Pearl huffs, mulling that all over carefully. "Gene splicing... It sounds like something out of one of Steven's cartoons. I have a very bad feeling about this..."

She cocks her head, staring Lapis down carefully. "You realize that if they're using genes, it's not just that they're making gems like they would at a normal Kindergarten, right? They're replicating and using a part of you, specifically, as an individual. And from the sound of things, they're doing it to meet their own political ends. You're really, honestly okay with that?"