Virginia, Marcus, Artemis, and Iolanthe, thank you all for the feedback. I really appreciate it. This is my first foray into a non-L&C Superman story. I'm glad it held up. I had tried not to let my heavily-L&C-influenced perceptions of the characters influence the character portrayal here (our beloved characters really do have a lot of differences between 'verses); it sounds as though I may have succeeded.
Joy,
Lynn
