Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26208943-20150224183255/@comment-26214912-20150319003104

Gems can't survive without their gems (obvious) but steven is half human and  half gem. Modern Genetics say that when an offspring is born, it has half of the traits from each parent are inherited to the offspring. Gems are made up of the soul and powers. Mabye the human half of steven is keeping him alive, he "Inherited" the powers from his mother, and her soul was formed into a lion. the mane is their becuase it looks like roses hair all bushy and big. just a theory