Look, no one has ever said that Kate was good at communicating, even with those she loves. She saw her temporary blindness as something not worth bothering others over. It's something that's taken arguments for her to realise in herself, but it's much easier to poke at the idea in others. Much easier to know how Glacius would react if he didn't know, if he came back to find that out.

But she didn't know that about the Mote. The telepathy, that awkward conversation comes back to mind, but that it would allow him to feel something off too. Perhaps they really are more alike than even Kate realises, sometimes.

"No shit," she scoffs as she says that. Of course Glacius would return for Carlisle. "He loves you." She knows that. Anyone who's lucky enough to see them together knows that, whether they understand the Mote or not.