Well, sorry everyone, but in part one (where all the clues are) it appears that when they return, the old amnesia is bound to kick in:
Tempus laughed. “Don’t you love them at this point? So clueless and innocent. I wish we all had more time together, I really do. But, alas, it appears I’ve been foiled... again.”
“We haven’t lost faith that you’ll learn sooner or later, Tempus,” said the woman who appeared to be the ringleader. “You just cannot continue to interfere.”
“Haven’t you been paying attention? Interfering is what I do. It’s my life’s purpose. He flies around and saves the day. She is perpetually fooled by a pair of glasses...”
And in the end of WTWFO
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The press drew its collective breath, as if scarcely believing its
luck. That moment of silence, though, was quickly stamped out by the
onslaught of questions.
When she heard one she could answer succinctly, she did so. "No, I
didn't know. Not right away. He didn't tell me. He was worried about
this very thing."
"When I got to know her, when she knew me. When I knew she was...who I
wanted to marry, that was the time." Clark sounded a bit flustered, but
then, this wasn't his best subject.
NOTE BY POSTER: I SUPPOSE YOU COULD STRETCH THIS TO MEAN THE TIME THEY SPENT IN UTOPIA, BUT...
"I think I took it well," Lois filled in. "I mean, as well as could be
expected." She purposefully avoided meeting his gaze. <It is not funny>
she thought to him pointedly.
And the ritual at the very end:
S P O I L E R S -if you haven't read the fic:
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the others. "The first time I put them on, I felt...normal. I knew it
was because I wanted to be like everyone else. So, I needed to
look...what was it? Oversized and dorky, unassuming, and comforting,
and yet at the same time be admired by hot interns...oww!" he yelped at
Lois' sharp elbow." He paused before continuing. "But they kept the
world from seeing me."
"Kept me from seeing you," Lois interjected, not without a trace of
bitterness.
NOTE BY POSTER: WHY WOULD TEMPUS ALWAYS CALL LOIS GALACTICALLY STUPID? IF SHE FIGURED OUT THAT HE WAS SUPERMAN THE DAY HE MADE HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCE, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE THE STUFF OF LEGENDS THAT A SIMPLE PAIR OF GLASSES FOOLED HER)
"I will *never* get that as long as I live," Marta pronounced.
So CC if you can find a way to paint yourself out of the corner that is WTWFO you're an absolute absolute genius!
Because from what I can see, Lois and Clark return a little bit later than when they left, and while there may be a bit of "soul memory" left from their travels, they don't have a clue that they're going to create any kind of Utopia!
