Well. . . [she bites her lip for a moment] When I left, Earth was under attack by four racists with all the powers of Superman. They'd already destroyed one planet, I guess they felt that they had to attack Earth since it's the capital of the United Planets.

[and she's pretty sure that they killed her. because the last thing she remembers before waking up here was pain]

So am I. A brother or sister would give mother someone else to scrutinize. [and a crime syndicate should bother her, but it doesn't, especially when he says that they're more like politicians] Being in charge isn't always easy. People expect it to be easy because the very best make it look easy, but it isn't.