[ There are lots of ways for Kara to identify someone when she's thinking clearly enough to focus on using her abilities. She can pinpoint the heartbeats of the people she's specifically close to, like her adoptive sister or her equally superpowered cousin. She can use X-ray vision to pick up on whether or not someone has shapeshifted to merely look like a loved one. She can sometimes even tell when people are being truthful based on whether their pulse quickens, even if they aren't giving off any other signs of lying.
None of those routes enter her brain right away, not when she's confronted with the face of someone she knows — or thinks she does — but she's anticipating an equally strong hug and when it doesn't come, she's left feeling more confused at the start, slowly withdrawing until she can set her hands in the crooks of his arms, peering to his face with an awkward laugh. ]
What's going on? You're acting like you —
[ And then it hits her, and she lets that thought trail out into almost a whisper. ] — like you have no idea who I am.
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None of those routes enter her brain right away, not when she's confronted with the face of someone she knows — or thinks she does — but she's anticipating an equally strong hug and when it doesn't come, she's left feeling more confused at the start, slowly withdrawing until she can set her hands in the crooks of his arms, peering to his face with an awkward laugh. ]
What's going on? You're acting like you —
[ And then it hits her, and she lets that thought trail out into almost a whisper. ] — like you have no idea who I am.