Oooh so nice. I had always felt that they were a little "abrupt" with the grief that Clark had to be feeling at facing 30,000 years locked away from the world.
I mean, yeah, he pretended to have a cheery outlook, but I always felt that was for Lois...
Thank you for so wonderfully capturing his thoughts and feelings and fears. This was lovely. The detail - exquisite.
Thank you for sharing!
-- MR
(Oh, and yes, I've wondered how he got there too. Did he build the chamber himself somewhere and put himself inside it and then fly himself there? Did he encase himself in something else and fly around inside that until they could get him into the chamber? Hee hee...)