"I missed you, we all missed you too." Izzy and her family had to push back thoughts of their family most of the time, to be able to function. They had never forgotten them though. She stared at him quietly for a moment, processing what he'd said. "Everyone?" Her extended family was alive, not dead or dying on a barren island. "They're okay? And in a space-faring universe too!" She chuckled, in a state of amazement. It was too much for her to imagine that they were in the same universe. It was still wonderful. "And island style stuff still happens? That's, um." She started giggling more. "Oh my god."
"It's been years. I grew up." And she did consider herself to be an adult now. She'd seen and done so much while they were in space. She led the way out of the kitchen. "Have all the kids gotten big? Little Harri and Rachel's twins and all the rest?"