“Wait a minute,” interrupted Kevin. “Your treehouse is the ‘Fortress of Solitude’?!”
“Yeah. I guess I used to brood a lot when I was young, about being different from all the other kids.” Clark smiled. “I liked the sound of it at the time.”
“But—”
“Can we get on with the story, Kevin?” asked Megan, rolling her eyes.
Kara sighed. No crystal palace in the Arctic.
I burst out laughing during this exchange.
“Smallville: alien baby laundering capital of the world,” observed Lois.
Another classic line!
“I’ve missed you so much! I’m so sorry you had to wait so long. Has school been OK? Have you been eating all right? I mean, not that you need to… Did that bas… jerk hurt you when he kidnapped you? Aside from the Kryptonite? Has your foster family been good to you? Oh, your uniform is adorable…”
I can just see Lois gushing over the uniform. After all, their world doesn't have the luxury of Supergirl comic books. And probably not Superman comic books either, since he's a real person and they would run into all sorts of trouble.
“I don’t know how many times I’ve had to say this, but I did not get to be editor of this newspaper because I can yodel. Jimmy and I have been workin’ with Clark for over seven years now. We’re not completely oblivious, you know.”
No, they just give a good impression of being completely oblivious because it's less uncomfortable for everyone that way.
“Well, well,” said Mom. “I guess there’s intelligent life in Washington after all.”
Are you *sure* this is our universe? There is apparently no intelligent life in Washington at this time (and frankly, all the time.)
This chapter wins the "most funny lines in one post" competition!
