It's hard for Peridot to understand this, for obvious reasons. She barely even remembers the foster mom that fate slapped her with in Portland, and has no particularly strong emotions or opinions tied to her. Steven looks upset, though, which she does feel kind of bad about. She exhales harshly, shoulders sagging, and forces herself to take it back down a notch.

"Look: I'll be the first to admit that I'm no expert on these sorts of familial relationships. I'm incredibly knowledgeable in a lot of topics, but 'moms' isn't one of them. But... Just because you've met her doesn't mean you really know her any better, or that she's worthy of that title. I mean, think about it! Your real mom-- Rose Quartz-- She did some pretty incredible stuff!" Some of it extremely problematic, in Peridot's opinion, but still incredible. "What has the Rose Queen ever done besides stick you in the ground like some sort of plant and act like her being your 'mom' means she has absolute control over your life? She doesn't even know you! Not really! She doesn't care that you kicked Jasper's butt at the beta kindergarten, or took down the Cluster and saved an entire planet, or any of the dozens of other incredible things that you've done!"