Hmm. [ While she picks up Kara's defensiveness, Claire doesn't rise up to it. There's no point, and it won't lead to anything of value. Having her doubts is her own right, but Kara is also allowed her choices, and her opinions. Claire doesn't know what it's like for her, back home. ]

I think sometimes, people like you - heroes - [ Her voice is gentle once more, and the accent she puts on the word shows how much she trusts in it, and people like her, because she does. ] - spend so much time being strong for other people, you forget you're also allowed weakness.

[ She gets her suture kit, before making a face - if her skin really is anything like Luke's, it's pointless. Butterfly bandages will have to do. ]

And maybe, right now you can't do it. Maybe right now you're a little weak, and you need a break. That doesn't mean it's going to be that way forever.