Arguing over animals

Kate went to Alfred and whispered to him. "Have Oracle contact her mother. She'll know what to do. I'll keep an eye on Orime's guests." Kate went to Orime. "Can you tell me who did this to you? Did you see any faces you knew?" Orime squeaked out. "Chichioya." She repeated it multiple times.

Oracle was listening in. "Why is Orime saying father over and over?" Kate backed away. "I asked her who did this to her. She started saying it. I'll contact her father."

After speaking with her father. "For electrical attacks like she endured, there is only one cure: time. As for Chichioya, that is Japanese for father, which is typically used for fathers in a general or societal sense. She normally calls her adoptive father either papa or otou-sama, depending on the context. She is definitely not talking about her father." Kate looked confused. "Could she mean father as in preacher?" Oracle was examining the data Orime's father sent over. "Fascinating. Father, as in preacher, is Ten no chichi."

The only other person Kate could think Orime could be referring to is dead. Oracle interrupted before she could mention sugar daddy. "She doesn't mean sugar daddy either, in case you thought about asking." Kate immediately started picturing Orime with a sugar daddy. "Thanks for the mental image. I wasn't going to ask, she doesn't seem the type. She seems more like she would be the sugar mama. Could we change the subject? She is my first cousin once removed, after all." Barbara wasn't really listening. "Her physiology is fascinating. I don't think she can even be classified as human or metahuman. She is closer to a silicon-based life form than a human, but not quite. "

Kate went to check on the guests. She found them in the kitchen eating. "Ives do you think they would let me bring my hyenas here?" Kate stepped in. "You are not bringing in illegal exotic animals." Harley started to ask something else. "No you can not bring in legal exotic or non-exotic animals." Harley stuck out her tongue. "You're no fun."