Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3965346-20150606213149

I noticed there's some evidence that gems could have lungs. I noticed in one scene in "Secret Team", Pearl's chest was expanding and sinking as she was breathing, also in "Mirror Gem", Garnet was doing the same when she was running after Steven, also in "Cheeseburger Backpack" and "Mirror Gem" the gems were coughing after being in the water (coughing is the body's natural way of getting rid of stuff in the lungs).

I also saw Jasper's chest expand and sink when she was catching her breath after pulling the ship rubble off of her in "Jailbreak", boy does she have a high lung capacity! (Jasper's chest expanded larger than Pearl's and Garnet's)

So this leads me to believe that gems actually have a respiratory system, because the expanding of chests when breathing and coughing.

So maybe when Malachite defuses Lapis and Jasper would be coughing up a good deal of water. 