Because she really thought that keeping us here in the colony was dangerous. And she might be right. [That's a whole other issue though.] The spirits are around. They have shrines in the colony and everything. I can show you later if you want. [He rolls his eyes though at the mention of Mosley.]

The thing about Mosley is that he only tells you what he feels like telling you at the time. The guy's got his own agenda when it comes to stuff like that. The colony itself is all about technology but before CERES built Cerealia it was all inhabited by natives who didn't have anything to do with tech.