Talk:Steven's Birthday/@comment-27015944-20160105224529/@comment-26714951-20160106230425

He has gotten better at it because now he can do it almost instantaneously and change back at will just as easily. The only reason it backfired was because he was holding it for too long, which apparently is dangerous for even fully trained gems.

'' No world building,nothing related to the curent plot. ''

It continued from where the last episode left off, they're still at the barn, the drill is mentioned, and Peridot is shown working on it in their absence, so yes, its partially related.