That's her attitude on various matters but Kate, while she can't admit it openly, is in a fact a person who clings to the past. Not just out of sentimentality but a lot of negative emotions. Only, as intelligent as Damian is proving himself to be, he's a complete stranger and ultimately a child. It feels wrong to tell him what attitude to have about his own mother when it's obvious he's like any other a boy missing a maternal figure.

She opts for dropping the topic. Maybe it hit a sore spot with her.

"Still intending to prove me wrong, by the way?" She hasn't forgotten him saying he could dig up information on the Kanes if he wanted to.