The two of you sat together on the couch in your shared living room, the soft glow of the television screen illuminating the space. Kara had been living on Earth for four months now and has been your girlfriend for one, and you could see the progress she’d made—her movements were more relaxed, her language more fluid, and she no longer mistook the microwave for a communication device.

Tonight, though, was another milestone in her journey of understanding Earth: her first movie night.

”so….what is this?” she points at the Tv, the movie was starting up as the tv flashed on