Sometimes.

[ Her nod spoke of earnestness and support, but her choice of words remained vague enough to allow for the evasion of what had happened to Laurel, and it allowed for a lack of specifics where the truth of inhumans' origins were concerned.

Alien was a big pill to swallow. 'We brought you back as a robot' was going to be harder. ]

Laurel, I ... know that you want to see Oliver. Ideally, we would make that happen for you, but unfortunately, there are circumstances at play that make it impossible.