Dinah and Carolyn in “Sins of the Mother”

You're a SUPERHERO‽

Dinah, I can explain-

And not just ANY superhero, you're the Black Canary! You're supposed to be some some big role model, a trailblazer, one of the first women to put on a crime-fighting cape!

Actually, I don't wear a CAPE, I... Never mind, how do you know all of this?

Well, in case you haven't noticed, I'm living with Barbara Gordon also known as the Oracle. It's part of my training, sort of like Superheroes 101... The tradition and history you CONVENIENTLY forgot to mention before you DUMPED me‽ [Flippant] But, y'now, I guess being one of the greatest espionage agents in the world, having a 6-year-old kid kind of cramped your style.

I did not DUMP you. I was trying to protect you, I was trying to give you a NORMAL LIFE.

[Angrily] So, it's normal for foster parents to lock their kids in closets until they promise to stop seeing things?

Dinah, When I left you with the Redmonds, I didn't think you had metahuman potential! You were six years old, you didn't show ANY signs! I hoped-

You hoped that WHAT? If I was metahuman, they'd BEAT it out of me‽

...It was the WORST mistake of my life. I found out you ran away, and that's when I discovered... what had been happening. Dinah, please try to understand; I thought you were happy. I thought you were living like a regular kid... I had NO IDEA.

RIGHT.

I'm retired, Dinah. I'm not Black Canary anymore. I'm just Caroline Lance. I came to New Gotham to find you and I would like to be your mother.