"I am the biggest and strongest, of course," Garnet responds, and she flexes every muscle she can as if it's a trained response. And then she feels where Pearl's hand is going and she's glad, for the first time, that Pearl can't see her face. She clenches her eyes and mouth shut, even if a sharp inhale and slight twitch of her foot betrays her.

She laughs against the shirt, trying to make it one of those self-assured laughs, and not at all in response to the tickling. "That trick won't always work."