"Got it in one," she agrees, having long since given up trying to understand or explain this place. What she knows is that without the island and now Darrow, she wouldn't be the person she is now. Her mother's bullshit had always taken top priority and Kate had needed to be physically removed from the situation in order for that to change. As much as she misses her family and even the alters, she still knows it was for the best. Seeing them now would be different, she thinks, she's learned how to be on her own without them and having them here wouldn't just suck her back in, but it's been almost six years. She needed that time.

And so, insane or not, this place is home. It's where she found freedom and autonomy and her new family. Her friends, her dog, her husband, her potential career path. It's given her everything. And yeah, it's insane, but Kate's lived with insane since the moment she was born.

"I guess having a crazy mom probably prepared me for this shit better than some," she admits with a grin. "I mean, when your mom sometimes turns onto a poncho goblin, it's sort of hard to be surprised by new memories or turning into a dude for a week."