[ stevens are generally a good human breed, you know. if you wanna trust a human, trust a steven.

he doesn't mean to fluster her, but her personal reaction confirms his theory that that pearl isn't decorative - it's a part of her. that makes it (and by extension, her) all the more interesting to him. he's watching her curiously, eyes moving from her gem to how she's attempting to cut the bag. ]

You could certainly say that, yes. Though it's not limited to gems - I'm an enthusiast of any and all minerals, but it's the rarer ones that I really have an eye for.