Talk:Kindergarten/@comment-26297377-20150410074703

I'm of the opinion that birthing new gems drains the life force out of the land. Hence why the machines resemble bacteriophages. The Gems "infect" the planet. And this would explain why the land around the Kindergarten is barren and lifeless.

Pearl explains that Gems don't need to eat, since they get all their energy from their stones. And I'm thinking the energy required for making new gems comes from the abovementioned life force.