Back again to tell you how much I loved this. I loved the conversation with Scardino. Loved the sense of urgency. Loved how Clark came when Lois called. Loved how she didn't even have to yell. Loved how she knew he'd come. Loved "honey".
The conversation between Lois and Clark was perfect. Clark's need to do what he has to do without showing the alien to the world, and Lois's reasoned response, coaxing him into inventing Superman.
Very true about Martha. If she sees a superpowered alien saving Earth she'll know it's her son, no matter his disguise. Perfect way to bring them back together again. In the last chapter, most of the emphasis was on Clark and his feelings at seeing the "Alien" article, but all I could think of was Martha, reading that her son was dead.
can be a "favorite") was this:
If he had agreed to her suggestion ... to begin kissing her and allow things to progress ... so much could have gone wrong. What if he hurt her physically? What if he did something that allowed her to see through the veneer of his counterfeit humanness and glimpse the animal that lurked underneath?
His body had been so tempted. His mind had been so torn. His heart had been so afraid.
I loved that image. Him afraid she'd see through the "veneer of his counterfeit humanness and glimpse the animal that lurked underneath".
