However, the Gems seem to take his decision very lightly and are proud of him showing a desire to be independent. He then quickly announces to the Gems, with hesitation, that he's decided to move out the next day, and has a plan of how he's able to visit his friends before he can decide where he wants to go and urges the Gems not to talk him out of his decision. Steven compares his abandonment of everyone else to Cookie Cat, thinking the reason he left was to move forward in life, despite how difficult it was. The Gems reprise the Cookie Cat song Steven sang to them years ago, singing the song themselves (but ending on "He left his family behind"). He then shows the Gems his homemade Cookie Cats, and the Gems eat some, including Pearl. Later that day, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl return from the Warp Pad and they see Steven waiting for them. He wonders if there's a way he could let them down easy. He doesn't have any idea how they are going to take it because the Gems have been so protective of him for the past few months since his melt down. He basically told everyone in Beach City, and his dad, but he hasn't told the Gems yet. Connie asks him how everyone took the news about Steven moving out. In Steven's bedroom, Steven and Connie plan Steven's schedule. She asks Steven if he wants to do one last routine before he moves out, which he agrees to.
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Steven is on the beach doing a workout when Connie and Lion warp in.