Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150122232405/@comment-26812261-20150125191120

Aemeon K. wrote: True. But what if had made more mistakes, and they really expected him to know they rigged it? I mean, what if he messed up on Amethyst's or Pearl's challange the first time though, tripped while running from the giant boulder or accidently did the memory puzzle wrong, only to find it didn't matter? I mean, the whole situation could have been different, and they probably had prepared for it. They even looked happily surprised that he was so thrilled about the whole thing.

I think they just didn't expect him to make any mistakes. The obstacles weren't any more difficult than anything Steven had already faced and overcome on actual missions. And they were mostly right, Steven slipped up at the very end, but up until that point he had done everything perfectly.