[He sighs, scrubbing his free hand over his face. He hadn't even shaved these past two days, he realizes, hadn't even crossed his mind. Kids have secrets, especially when they get to around her age, he knows that and he knew that getting used to that change was going to be a learning curve that she wasn't going to be coming to him at the age where she would come to her dad with anything. This, though, this was big. Way too big. And it stings a little bit that she wouldn't trust him with something like this, but at the same time, none of this is about him, is it? His voice is a little quiet when he speaks up after a moment of thought.]

Fair enough, I guess.

[Now what was he going to say.]

Well... something tells me that I'm going to have a lot more to say when I get the rest of the story [and he will, believe you him] but all I've got to say right now is that I'm your dad, you're stuck with me and nothing's gonna change that. Not even aliens from outer space and superpowers.