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But Steven was already sliding down the banister, his Cheeseburger Backpack flapping behind him. He caught the Anchor just before it rolled into a chasm.

He opened his backpack. Inside: a half-eaten bag of fry bits, a rubber chicken, three comic books, a pair of swim goggles, and鈥� a kite string tangled around a plunger.

Pearl stared at Steven, mouth open. Amethyst burst out laughing. Garnet gave a single, slow nod.

Then he saw it 鈥� a hook on the ceiling above the pedestal. An old maintenance hook for hanging lanterns. He tied the kite string to the rubber chicken, tied the other end to the Moonstone Anchor, and swung the chicken like a lasso. Steven Universo- 1-38 1-- Temporada - Episodio 3...

鈥淪plit up!鈥� Garnet commanded.

鈥淔looding? That鈥檚 bad,鈥� Steven said, adjusting the straps of his bright red backpack. It wasn鈥檛 a Gem backpack. It was a Cheeseburger Backpack. It had a smiling hamburger on it, and the top bun was a zipper pouch.

鈥淥kay, team,鈥� Pearl announced, clapping her hands. 鈥淭he Sea Shrine鈥檚 Lunar Tide Pearl needs to be recalibrated before the full moon rises. If it isn鈥檛, the entire sector鈥檚 ocean current could reverse, flooding Beach City鈥檚 boardwalk.鈥� But Steven was already sliding down the banister,

Garnet turned to him. Her lips curled into the faintest smile. 鈥淚 saw the trust you had in yourself. That was enough.鈥�

Steven hugged his backpack. It smelled like ketchup and magic. And for the first time, he didn鈥檛 feel like the weakest Gem on the team. He felt like the one who packed for anything .

The chicken looped around the hook. Steven pulled. The Anchor swung upward, arcing perfectly, and landed with a soft click into its slot beside the Lunar Tide Pearl. Inside: a half-eaten bag of fry bits, a

鈥淚t鈥檚 not a lunchbox,鈥� Steven said proudly. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a tactical cheeseburger satchel .鈥�

The warp stream deposited them at the base of the Sea Shrine, a spiraling tower of coral and pearl that rose from a shallow lagoon. The air smelled of salt and ancient magic. Inside, the Lunar Tide Pearl sat atop a pedestal, pulsating with a soft, erratic light.

The battle was chaos. Amethyst鈥檚 clone whipped her with a watery whip. Pearl鈥檚 clone parried every strike. Garnet鈥檚 clone punched so hard the tower shook. In the confusion, the Moonstone Anchor slipped from Pearl鈥檚 hands and bounced down the stairs.

A swarm of Water Clones 鈥� liquid doppelg盲ngers of the Crystal Gems 鈥� rose from the tide pools. They had no faces, only the shapes of Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst, but they moved with perfect, cold mimicry.

The effect was immediate. The Water Clones froze, then dissolved into harmless mist. The tower stopped shaking. The Pearl鈥檚 light steadied into a warm, calming glow.