"I'm a Gem." She gestures to the star-shaped cutout on her belly, showing off the gem that sat there. "This thing here? It's actually my entire being. This body you see is a matter projection of myself emanating from it. "So you could say I'm different from most beings."

At least, of the ones here, only one had been made from living crystal. And that was an entirely different species! The way that gems could give life was unending.