It was Jen who opened this thread, wasn't it? And she became a Pulitzer member by doing it? Then she must have the right idea here. The WAFF blanket is back, so who cares about the (A-)plot announcements?
I loved the heartbreaking beauty of this:
Her numb fingers were still clutching his shirt, but his warmth was gone from it. Lois moved ahead of Lex, putting on Clark's shirt to loosely embrace her as she walked back into the house.
Clark's shirt embraces her, when he can't do it any more.
But he can embrace her again, of course. I love how Lois turned Clark's words over and over in her head and matched them with the way he had seemed worried about the Kryptonite to figure out that he was Superman. Yes!!! Hey, the woman is a Kerth-winning investigative reporter, so she must have it in her to figure things out. Nice to follow step-by-step how she did it this time!
I love how she broke out of the bathroom, too. Reminds me of last year when I saw a pair of blue tits squeeze themselves between some impossibly tight ventilator slats to get inside, where they apparently had their nest and their young... well, if you have to get through, you will.
"The answer is three," she told him, praying that she was right and he would know what she was talking about. "There are only three lawyer jokes. The rest are all documented cases."
Took me a while to figure this out (I'm a terrible person to tell jokes to). Only three of the supposed lawyer jokes are just jokes, and all the other lawyer stories are true, and there is documentation to prove it. Groan.
But what a way for Lois to say to Superman: Hey, you are Clark, aren't you? And this is the rest of the joke you started to tell me before Bender caught us spying, isn't it?
And then the WAFF blanket returned, like Jen pointed out, and wrapped itself around Lois and Clark.
What a beautiful story, Sue.
Ann
