Not from the sky. Only Becca did, and the other Nightbloods were waiting for her. My people developed on the ground and will remain on the ground. [Even if she is not with them, this is a fact that will remain true. Mentally, culturally, and everything in-between marks her as a person who grew up on Earth. There is nothing else to be said for it. That she's here now and in a position to travel through space speaks to the lack of scope she has for their circumstances, and how much she's scrambling to overcome that.

(And has succeeded in some ways. Others, less.)

Either way, it's apparent that her point is one of clarification, said as much before she presses on:]

Why would your people need to be absolved? It sounds as if they are making excuses for what they've done. [It's not that she hasn't read about religions, it's just that it feels ... foolish. Cowardly.]