So Steven has just seen something shocking on the Moon Base, involving the diamonds, Pearl, and his mother’s sword. Very heavy magical gem stuff. He’s dying to ask Pearl about it.

But Pearl is too busy doing something completely mundane with Amethyst.

Later, Steven gets his first text from inside Pearl’s head, saying she wants to tell Steven something but can’t. Again, a weird magical thing relating to serious gem-lore, but it happens while Steven is just hanging out on the boardwalk eating some fry bits.

Steven runs home to ask Peal about the text. And what is she doing? Vacuuming the warp pad. She is preforming domestic work upon a magical teleporter pad.

And much later in the episode. Seconds after the big, earth shattering (no pun intended) reveal has happened, we get this little call-back to Amethyst helping Pearl with her phone.