"Yeah, you come by it honestly, kid." Steph retreated to the kitchen to set the bag down before it had some kind of mishap, grinning at the sight of Vi with the girls. "Oh god, has older me turned into a normal person?"

"No!" Amber blurted out between snickers. "No way. It's just that I'm not a little kid any more."

"Tsk. Embrace the weird, my child," Steph said. "Or I'm gonna have to have a talk with other me."