Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26447369-20150602054134/@comment-25776646-20150704173723

I'm pretty sure Malachite didn't defuse because Lapis, being the stubborn person she is wishes to keep Jasper under control. Jasper is also very stubborn which leads to her agreeing she must instead take control of the fusion and head towards land to hurt the Crystal Gems along with Steven. Otherwise it would be too hard for them to defuse because the ocean's pressure would bring them down and possibly break their gems. Those are my thoughts anyway.