Okay, that was definitely more of a long-term commitment than they'd been thinking about.

"And you found us all by yourselves," Kennedy said slowly, squeezing Miraya's hand-- and raising both eyebrows at Tara. "Smart kids. But you know? Since we aren't... old yet," and that was weird to think about too, by the way, "we're sort of meeting you for the first time before, you know, having you?"

"You did that, Mommy," Miraya interjected, tugging on Kennedy's hand.

Kennedy had been about to ask what her name was, but she ended up just sputtering helplessly instead. "Wait, that was me?"