[ kate catches on and says nothing at first, in spite of her curiosity. without her laptop and other computers, she's without mountains of information that used to be at her fingertips. she likes to hoard any and all information, but without blowing her cover. ]

We've got metahumans back home. [ a beat. ] It's the general term for anyone who's not an alien or something else. Lots of people have accepted them, since many of them protect us in return.