"Daddy.. am I pretty?" when Dan heard those words he felt even worse. Katharine must have thought he was rejecting her when he refused her offer. Now her obvious doubts made it clear that he’d hurt her while trying to respect her. Determined to make amends he made a vow right then and there to take things through as far as people offered, but first he had to reassure his beloved elder sister that she was faaaar from unattractive to him.<br/>"Pretty?  Princess, you are radiantly beautiful at the bare minimum." His father said   "How you could even for a moment think otherwise is beyond me." Dan watched as he kissed her again, he was glad that his father was there to help with damage control of something he’d said in a misguided attempt to help show affection.<br/>“Dad is right Sis, he said “with every bit of enthusiasm he had and more than a little exaggeration on top “You know you’re a knock out and anyone who says otherwise is either blind or stupid,” he made sure to mock punch his own head at that second part, she was important to him and he wanted to make sure that she was absolutely assured that he found her attractive, since his father was embracing her he simply took his hand in hers and held it to his heart,<br/>“I know I’m not an idiot,” he said earnestly.<br/>