Chapter 23: Learning

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3rd Person P.O.V.

(Yellow Diamond) What were you thinking about telling him that you're Steven?!

(Amethyst) You just painted a target on your back!

(Howard) Okay, what was I suppose to do? Just say, "Oh, Steven isn't here at the moment. He's in some sort of a time warp for a while. We don't know when he'll be back"? I doubt he'll believe that.

(Pearl) But impersonating Steven is a better idea? You're nothing like him.

(Howard) But I can try to be like him.

(Yellow Diamond) Why?

(Howard) 'Cause Dominator thinks I am. Besides, this is just a one-time thing. Once he's defeated, we'll tell him the truth, or when Steven comes back. Whichever comes first.

(Blue Diamond) Howard, being Steven isn't an easy task.

(Howard) I know, but I have to now. It's too late since he already believes I'm him.

(Garnet) You could damage Steven's reputation.

(Howard) I know. I'll try not to. Look, like it or not, I have to be Steven for now, okay? And we have to deal with this Lord Dominator. Do we have any leads?

(Yellow Diamond) The Peridot, Bismuth and Lapis are taking photographs of the vessel he uses. If we can learn more about his ship, we could find a weakness.

Just then, Lapis flew into the room with Peridot and Bismuth behind.

(Garnet) What did you find?

(Lapis) Let the pictures tell you.

She opens a screen and visualized the photos. The first picture is the entire ship, the next are the robots Dominator tried to use against them when they got there the first time, and the third is Dominator himself. The rest are extras of unimportant things.

(Peridot) According to the visuals and experience, I estimate Dominator's ship to be 100 feet tall, 120 feet wide, and 360 feet long. The robots he uses, he calls them Dombots. And Dominator, himself, appears to match the height of Moonlight.

(Howard) Damn.

(Amethyst) Still wantin' to be Steven now?

(Howard) Yes. He doesn't scare me.

(Yellow Diamond) Tell us more about the Dombots.

(Peridot) The robots appear to only follow Dominator's orders and cannot be hacked. As well as, they're run by a circuit system that connects groups of them to different mainframes and control panels. Destroying them would would also destroy the robots. Also, his powers comes from the guantlets on his hands. I bet removing them would make him powerless, well, not physically, just in power.

(Yellow Diamond) All right. We just need to dismantle his machines and remove the gauntlets to defeat him.

(Blue Diamond) It's easier said than done, Yellow.

(Yellow Diamond) I know, but those are the primary objectives on the mission to defeating him.

(White Diamond) Right. We need to deal with him as soon as possible.

(Howard) Yeah. Except we don't know where he is 'cause we didn't track him or anything.

(Yellow Diamond) Where did you three find the ship for the photographs?

(Peridot) About 5 miles from Homeworld. It's currently moving so it's probably further than when we found it earlier.

(Yellow Diamond) Did you track it?

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