This is the Earth, as seen from the outer reaches of the solar system. Maybe it takes a picture like this to realize how just about incredibly tiny the Earth is. How shockingly unlike the rest of our solar system it is. And how amazingly, unbelievably fortunate we are to have inherited a planet like the Earth. And yet, when I talk to other people about the miracle that is the Earth, they usually get a little glassy-eyed. "Yeah, yeah," they say, and then they start discussing what was on TV last night, or what they'll have for dinner.
That reminds me of a book I read last summer called, "The Privelaged Planet." It's unreal how blessed we are just to be here.
I think that ties in very nicely with the Clark Kent you've written about. Death has a way of helping people to not take life for granted.
Clark seemed caught off-guard by Rebecca's intensions. Although she back-pedaled a lot, she was checking him out because she was interested in dating, and not because she wanted a good friend. It doesn't bode well for them that Clark was hesitant to cross the line into true friendship. Essentially, he told her, "I'll be your friend, but not your confidante." Definately not a healthy way to start a relationship.
I didn't see the parallels between your plot and the movie's plot. I thought it was simply a segue between a conversation and a we're-just-friends date.
Both Lex's warning and Nigel's test was intriguing. Can't wait to see where this is going.
Elisabeth
