It Could've Been Great

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Steven was lying against Lion, strumming his ukulele as Isabella was petting the pink creature. The Gems were sitting on a hill, watching the sunset over Beach City.

"Steven. Isabella." Peridot walks up to them, carrying a power drill.

"Hi!"

"Hey, Peridot."

"Why did we stop working on the drill?! Why are they just sitting there looking at nothing?!" 

"We worked hard and we deserve a little break to take it easy. I mean just look at that view. It's beautiful, isn't it?" Isabella explains.

"It's going to be blown to oblivion by the Cluster if we don't get back to work!" Peridot says.

"Working hard is important, but feeling good is important too." Steven told her.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Peridot accidentally turns on the power drill, causing it to make a buzzing sound.

"Hey!" Steven imitates the drill buzzing, "What note is that?"

"I think it's a C." Isabella says as she plays the note on her lyre. 

"The drill?" Peridot makes the drill buzz again.

"Yeah!" Isabella says as the drill buzzes in a higher pitch.

"Oh my gosh, now it's music!" Steven exclaims.

"Music?" Peridot asks.

"Yeah! It's music! Like this, do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do." Steven sings as he strums his ukulele.

"Do-mi-so-do..."

"Isn't it pretty?" Isabella asks as she strums her lyre in the same manner as her brother. 

"That's exceedingly simple. Do-mi-so-ti..."

"We're making music." Steven sings as he and Isabella dance around while strumming their instruments. 

"What is the point? You're not making anything." Peridot told them.

"Well, if it isn't anything, then why does it sound so good?" Steven asks.

"I suppose it's just interest... Do-mi-so-do. Devoid of substance or purpose, a hypothetical pattern... Do-mi-so-ti. For the satisfaction of bringing it to completion."

"Uh, sure." Isabella says.

"Do-mi-so-ti. Interest without meaning? Solutions without problems?"

"And then you just add words. Here's what we've been working on." Steven says as he and Isabella sing.

Steven: Life and death and love and birth, and peace and war on the planet Earth. 

Isabella: Is there anything that's worth more, than peace and love on the planet Earth? 

Both: Oh-whooah.

Steven: Come on and sing it with her and me~

"Sing?" Peridot asks.

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