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I've read a theory about how Rose may have been Gem royalty, nobility, or at least incredibly influential. This is because of the time Garnet said to Steven that he spoke "like a true king" in "Watermelon Steven." Garnet has dropped hints of major reveals casually before ("we kept Amethyst").

If this is true, maybe Pearl was a vassal of Rose's, and a very devoted fiercely loyal one at that. There are many instances of people devoted to their lord/lady out of deep respect and love in fiction and history.