"I'll call bullshit on that. Maybe she did need the impetus, but that's still telling me that realizing she..." Kirk let out a breath and just shook his head. "I can be fine around her, not arguing unless she wants to bring up the past. I can even give the three of you my blessing, if you need it. But... I don't know about anything else. I don't see a reason."

The other stuff... "Course you did. That's why you came and saw Sam and I. Or rescued us from the hell that was living with Frank. Or found Sam when he vanished from the face of the planet. Or came and got me when Frank left me in prison and I got shipped off to T--"

He stopped, completely. "When I ended off planet too. Yep. Totally father material."