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yeah, after I posted the comment I thought to myself that fourteen gems might be a bit much. A large portion of that depends on whether you go with modern interpretation or classical interpretation of the chakra. The chakra are actually defined as spear point, seven spears of energy that go through the body, resulting in fourteen energy hotspots on the outside of the body. In classical mythology they were treated as 14 chakra but modern just says seven chakra, but thats not including a whole heap of minor chakra and .... it just gets complicated. The theory would still work with seven chakra and the statue is easily the right size for a seven gem fusion.

And what you said about gems shattering is part of the reason I think reproduction is new. I get the impression that before the civil war started it was rare to need to reproduce. The kindergarten was clearly invented tech and not natural, but if gems could naturally reproduce then why would Rose have to give her gem to Steven? It would have been a new gem if they could reproduce naturally.