Description
"I fail to love myself, just as my mother and father failed to love each other. I am the byproduct of their imperfections - a clone of everything terrible about the two of them; which I believe is just about everything." In which Steven realizes the true nature of his mother and father's history, as he explores inherited memories lost deep in the recesses of his mind. His gem, given to him by his mother, reveals the secrets Rose wished to shatter and hide away forever. Steven understands that his father is merely human, bound by nature and born into the world to simply make mistakes. And his mother, a diamond, a crystal gem, was someone who took on many forms - both mentally and physically - in order to hide away from herself, the version of her own being that was shaped by the very abuse she endured. OR Greeting strange and unwarranted memories in the form of prolonged dreams of his mother and father, Steven comes to terms with his own identity - fully accepting that he is his own being, not his father, and most definitely not his mother.
Prologue
