Aquamarine felt like he had just slapped her across the face, the hurt apparent on her features that is until she tilted her head down a bit so her hair became a veil. Her fingers curled tightly into her palm, her teeth biting the inside of her lip to keep her from snapping since it would be of no help. She just didn't understand why he needed to bash on her skills and knowledge just to make himself seem better when she had always left the choosing up to the new Gems. She didn't lie and put everything straight up. She would let any of the Gems leave if they wanted to, she just wanted to protect them and though it would hurt to let them leave...it was their life. Aqua should have known everything Bloodstone said earlier had been the truth and he had only back tracked to calm her down so the Truce would go through.

[color=7bcdc8]"Anyone who is planning to go to the Temple, please follow me. I suddenly have no desire to be in a certain someone's presence while being bashed and insulted. I will not treat this new Gem like a game to be won over and it is their lives to do with as they chose. It isn't about you or me. I am glad though to know your true feelings Commander now that you are away from the others. It gives a very clear insight on what a Truce with you would be like. I thought I saw something in you...I thought you were different but I see now that I was very wrong. You are the same Gem that struck me down a thousand years ago."[/color] Aqua stated her head still tilted down from view, hurt laced clearly in her calm words before she began to walk away, the ones that wanted to follow her would. She did pause for a moment before speaking up one last time,[color=7bcdc8]"You may say you know about Earth but you will never understand Earth. There is a difference between knowing something and living it. Don't reply. I don't want to hear your words and I don't want to see you."
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Those words being said, she continued to head towards the Temple and at a decent pace so that the others didn't have to play to much catch up to keep up with her. [color=7bcdc8][i]I should have known better than to hope...[/i][/color], the thought hurting her 'heart' even more than it already did when it came to the Gem she was walking away from.