Wow, looks like Lois really did manage to dig up the old boss. And I'm with the rest of the gang on the whole fake dementia conspiracy.
He heard a series of shuffling sounds, and a few moments later, the door opened, and Lois walked in - dressed in modest mauve pyjamas and with a few strands of her dark hair endearingly tussled - clutching her pillow and sleeping bag under one arm and her camp mattress under the other.
For some reason, I keep picturing Lois to look just like a 10 y/o, dragging her bedding to a sleepover. Adorable.
Plus, we also got more info on Shadbolt. Quite interesting stuff. It also gives a lot of credence to his horror at seeing what he's supposedly done while at this place. After all, he is a single father to two little girls. Those usually don't tend to be axe murderers. Unless they're psychopaths. I did keep halfway expecting that Lois would push the sewing machine into Clark's cell right in front of Shadbolt. Now, *that* would have been fun to watch
"You're asking if I love the man who made the paper airplane?"
Her dad blinked once.
"Yes," she said, her smile irrepressible. "Yes, I do love him, Dad."
Awwww. You really do weave those strands together quite nicely
"There are three," she said after a silence of close to a minute.
Lois took out her pen and notepad. "Born in which years?"
"1856, 1878, and 1915."
I wonder if the age differences have any meaning. After all, it could be that he is Reuben O'Brien, the 3rd.
"Thanks." She bent low to gather her bedding and met his eyes. "If I embarrassed you by falling asleep in here, I'm sorry. I did intrude uninvited."
Yeah, I'm sure Clark minds...
He was strong enough that he could do anything to her, and she would be powerless to defend herself.
They were alone - it would be hours before anyone else came.
But he knew that if he queried her trust, she would say that although he *could* hurt her, he never would.
You know, I realized while reading this that an alien prisoner could have a perfectly logical motive to play the docile gentleman. After all, he still has the implant, so he can't leave the cell. Now, if he were to harm Lois, he would be forced to wait until somebody comes, sees the mess, takes a rod, enters the cell, and disciplines him for being a bad boy. So, all things considered, if he befriends the female, she will probably do everything in her power to get the implant out and *then* he's free to do as he pleases. It's the perfect plan, really.
Michael, already desperate for more.
