He knows the watch is screaming.
Oh, cool! You brought in the watch from GGGoH!
Jimmy, you’re family now, always.
(tears of "awww")
(Needs to be James because in a world where there is no free CK, there isn’t the luxury of an innocent Jimmy, happy and carefree, either
(sad tears)
He’s no longer naïve enough to believe that Trask isn’t watching them, listening in for any indication that they are calling (or not calling, as that is probably Trask’s greatest fear right now) for Superman.
Love how smart this new, tougher Jimmy is.
he would have felt the world disappearing as he blacks out for a second
WHAT are they doing?!?!?!
“It’s enough for me,” he told Jimmy, and Jimmy had smiled wide enough for the both of them.
(sad and "awww" tears)
there are no shadows under Clark’s eyes, because physical weakness doesn’t show up on his strong, smooth, deceptive exterior, but there were enough shadows in his eyes,
Love, love, love this distinction!
“That’s just what I’m going to give him.”
Do NOT like the sound of that!
we have ways to keep them…distant.
He's...implanting Kryptonite in them, isn't he?
The government knew the world was at stake (it was why they had hunted James down and cornered him and begged him to call Superman for them). The public didn’t even know that much (and if CK had his way, they never would). But James and the Kents were the only ones that knew that Clark’s life was on the line too.
And all of that is too much for them to shoulder. Poor guys!
(tears of "you broke the reader")
James should know; he had sat at Clark’s bedside night after night
I think you are trying to drown me in my own tears. (It's working, by the way.)
I was for a while, yes, but…but I realized that I didn’t want to be angry forever. I didn’t want that moment to define me.
Here's why Clark is a better person than I am.
“What is it you called it, Lane? Kryptonite?”
Ack! I KNEW it!
“You said it yourself, Trask--everyone knows he’s an alien and can pass as one of us, but they’ve accepted him anyway. Not quite the reaction you expected.”
Exactly! Nice of you to point it out, Jimmy.
“A god complex?” James gasps. “I don’t think you’re talking about Superman anymore, Jason Trask. It seems to me that that flaw is illustrated a lot closer to home.”
Bravo, Jimmy! Well put.
Smiles a small, sad smile. “It’s okay, James,” she says. “Everything’s going to be okay.”
Someone has a plan...Hmmm.....
Okay, that was just cruel to leave us there. Unless you plan on giving us a new chapter now. You know, to celebrate the long weekend with? Please?
