Me too. ( an awkward smile and a shrug to match his own, and kara's arms wrap a little more snugly around herself. thinking about it makes her miss her sister, eliza. it makes her remember how bittersweet it had been to find and then lose jeremiah all over again. family had proven to be a complicated thing, and kara wasn't sure she was very good at it. ) Adopted, I mean. I was thirteen when I met the Danvers, actually.

( it's something she hasn't really shared with very many people here, so she sounds a little out of practice explaining it. )

And you didn't, by the way. Make anything difficult. It was... nice, in a weird way, to get to see what it would be like. ( kara pauses for a moment, remembering the disaster that had been giving a baby and a dog a bath at the same time. she can't help but chuckle a bit at the memory. ) Atticus really misses having a baby brother, you know. He whines every time I give him a bath now.