First off, RL is going to be crazy this week - tonight is okay, but the next three nights I ought to have been in bed two hours ago by the time I arrive home from work. razz So I'll comment now, but I may not have time to say much about the next parts, ML!

Anyway, I loved this:

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September 1, 1993
Dear Diary,
Today I learned an interesting lesson, namely that people see what they expect to see. Cover the hair, put on a fake moustache, hide the body under baggy clothes, use a cloth to bind the chest, then walk and talk a little differently and act stupid and everyone you meet will mistake you for a man. It's taught me to always look beyond the external to discover the person hidden beneath. As you may have guessed from my intro, I finally got the okay from Perry to go undercover for my investigation into the sudden rise in car thefts in the city. I had Jimmy teach me how to boost a car and...

Something about that struck a cord with Lois, as if there was something almost ironic about it.
Oh, wow. I'm sufficiently LnC-illiterate that it had completely slipped my mind that Lois ever dressed up as a man to get a story and make people believe she was a completely different person. And even though she successfully pulled off this little stunt, she remained completely oblivious to the fact that Clark did almost exactly the same thing to fool her for two whole years! eek

Talk about irony! You're almost making me wonder where Tempus is in this story, ML! No, scrap that - I really, really hope that Tempus is very, very far away! On the other hand Tempus may in fact be too late, because the next generation may actually be about a week old at this juncture of time! laugh

But hey, Lois's continued emotion-amnesia is beginning to drive me crazy! How can you say that you don't love Clark, woman? Especially after that next-generation-generating night really, really ought to have jogged your memory (and created a spate of new memories, too)?

Looking forward to Lois's awkward talk to Clark in the next chapter! I promise to read, but I may not find time to comment.

Ann