Since a picture says more than a 1000 words... (and it's late...)
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There's so many things Clark could have done. Like visited Lois first. Uses heat-vision to remove the terrorists from the surface of the Earth. Used superspeed to get the switch. Anything to prevent Lois from having to worry

And from keeping us poor readers from going in crazy circles while waiting for 22, 23, 24, ... You get the picture.
Michael
