Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26297377-20150410072025

I think the Kindergarten's purpose is actually rather straightforward:

It's just the way gems reproduce and it was supposed to serve literally as the birthing ground for a gem colony. Think simple imperialism along the lines of the Roman Empire, Imperial Japan or Colonial Europe. Greg flat out says so. They're alien invaders.

For the most part, Gems didn't care  about the natives any more than any invading empire would. And the machines in the Kindergarten look like bacteriophage, which communicates visually that they seed the land with unborn Gems and that this process is essentially parasitic. Harmful to the host.

Pearl explains that Gems don't have to eat because their stones provide them energy. So one wonders were all that energy does come from, especially if you're making new Gems. The land of the Kindergarten is barren and lifeless and leads me to think that birthing Gems drains the life force from the planet. 