Homeworld usually colonizes planets for the resources underneath the surface, not on top. They do a lot of restructuring to optimize.
[she stares down at the drawing now settled in her lap, hidden from view once more. it had held excellent potential in so many facets of the empire - that much Lapis remembered, the excitement buzzing through the chain of command. she'd never had time to see it herself...and thanks to the Crystal Gems, she suspects that she very well may never will.
what could possibly worth that price? it was a question she'd asked herself countless times within the confines of the mirror, and one that she could never find an answer for. no planet ever seemed important enough to pour so many lives down the drain for.]
They'd already done that by the time I showed up, though, so I'm not really sure what that one was for.
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[she stares down at the drawing now settled in her lap, hidden from view once more. it had held excellent potential in so many facets of the empire - that much Lapis remembered, the excitement buzzing through the chain of command. she'd never had time to see it herself...and thanks to the Crystal Gems, she suspects that she very well may never will.
what could possibly worth that price? it was a question she'd asked herself countless times within the confines of the mirror, and one that she could never find an answer for. no planet ever seemed important enough to pour so many lives down the drain for.]
They'd already done that by the time I showed up, though, so I'm not really sure what that one was for.