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”You… you’re alive…. Alive….” He was quivering, pressing her into his shoulder. ”God…. Why….? Why d’you come here? Lois?”
”Lookin’ for you…. Why… d’you leave …?
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Wow, talk about kicking Clark into gear.
You said it wouldn't be the Clark from Lois & Clark but I can so picture the man who was leaving during the heatwave acting like your Clark.
I think you have a better take on Clark than you think. The running away is totally in character for Clark PRIOR to Lois. Repeatedly she had to kick sense in to him and here you have her doing just that.