# Gems Will Be Gems

Originally published: 2017-05-28
Canonical URL: /2017/May/gems-will-be-gems/

_In the gaming hall at [FanimeCon](https://www.fanime.com/) in a nearby alternate universe in which my analogue was smart enough to come up with the punchline in real time [(Pearl cosplay previously on _An Algorithmic Lucidity_)](http://zackmdavis.net/blog/2016/09/is-there-affirmative-action-for-incompetent-crossplay/)_

"Hey, aren't you supposed to be babysitting a little purple kid?"

"Amethyst can take care of herself."

"Really?"

"... we have insurance."