"The young woman also is my best friend, and she's been through some bad times herself. And a lot younger than she is now." Kate wasn't going to say more on it just enough to get her point across. What happens when a family member's a superhero. Family can be targeted.

She kept her voice level, since she wasn't going to get loud like Picard had, even if she was tempted to do. Captain or not because of anything, he should know better.

"And yeah you were, and you're damn lucky you weren't lecturing one of us who went through that business with the Yeerks because we actually *know* what it's like to be turned in something else outside of our control. Don't make assumptions about what other people been through. Also? A lot of us here? Were seen as entertainment on other worlds. How can anybody know who's real until they see that person face to face?"