CC, one part of this almost made me cry:
“I’ve never met a member of my family. Ever. I have no blood ties to this planet. Or I didn’t. Until just now.”
“Listen to me.” She moved towards him again, taking his face in her hands and bending his gaze to meet hers. She softened her voice when she saw the turmoil in his eyes, and worse than that, the hope blazing from them.
I think this was the worst part, giving Clark some hope about marriage and a family in the future and then Lois tearing it away from him. S1 Lois tends to arouse violent impulses in me, anyway, and that made the second time this Lois hit Clark right where it would hurt most.
However, this comment from her calmed me down a little:
“Maybe we should talk to him. Question him. We might get something from him.”
“I’m not up to it tonight,” she said forcefully, hoping he would believe her. She suddenly couldn’t bear the thought of him being hurt any more.
Too bad much of the hurt he has suffered here has been at Lois's hands.
Since I have a bad habit of ignoring names, I didn't catch the Silas/Elise/Hank connection until it was mentioned in the comments, but I can see that Silas might be involved in the solution when he hears about what's happening from Elise, now that Madge has given Hank the go-ahead to let her know.
The only thing I don't get is how everyone notices that Lois looks exactly like Lois, but no one seems to notice that Clark/Superman looks exactly like the originals. How could Silas not have commented on that?
Tuesday, huh? The agony of waiting for each new installment reminds me of why I quit reading multi-installment works on the fanfic board. Oh, well, I guess it'll give me a chance to get this set of papers marked.
