Talk:Steven Universe Future/@comment-26114304-20191213191914/@comment-27725096-20191213192715

steven's "human" half can fuse with his gem half because it isn't pure human

but without the gemstone his cells which require the gem half are slowly degrading, due to this DNA flowing from the gem itself

picture you loose half of your genetic coding randomly, your body will slowly degrade due to its inability to produce certain proteins, but those proteins don't all die out immediately

if steven was reduced to his "human half" (as in, only his DNA from greg) instantaneously, he would certainly die on the spot