Talk:Malachite/@comment-4929778-20151129041506/@comment-26609621-20151207163532

I think it's Lapis forcing them to stay together. We've seen before that usually the two or more gems that fuse aren't exactly in a close relationship and are bad at synchronizing together. Hence, they split apart, ending the fusion. However, Lapis is somehow managing to keep Her and Jasper locked in Malachite, even though it is blatantly obvious that Jasper is suffering and wants to unfuse. Lapis essentially manipulated the situation to her advantage and took control of Malachite. As a result of being in charge, Lapis is keeping Malachite together since she's in control. We've seen dominate parts of a fusion before (example: Sugilite having most been like Amethyst), so it'd make sense. Hope this helped.