I wouldn't have believed it, CC, but you had me laughing all the way through Lane's POV here (and yes, you gave me the introspection I was looking for, don't imagine that I didn't notice
)! Yes, she's upset and worried, and rightfully so - but you wrote it so well and so much in character. That thinking of sending a brilliant story, so that she could seem bright and perky and happy...!
I like how she wondered if she would like this Clark Kent better - and I laughed at her thought that he was every bit as irritating as her Clark.
But all in all that was a terrific scene.
I don't feel as angry with her for not telling Clark the truth, though - she was disoriented, first of all, and very queasy, and I can certainly see her wanting to test the theory that the different Clark Kents do know their own Lois Lanes. And it worked... in spades!
But poor Clark! Lane was quite right to tell him that time didn't matter, but I can see him beating himself up continuously over the next while for not being there. He's being very defeatist at the moment, and I hope Lane continues to knock that attitude out of him. Hey, for all he knows there could even be a scientist somewhere in his world working on a universe-hopping device!
And the reunion of AltClark and Lois is appropriately bittersweet. (BTW: Loes??) I did like AltClark telling Lois that she wasn't
in love with him, and so that's why she never got irritated by him. But is she seeking for something safe and untroublesome at the moment? Poor Lois!
Anyway, I can't imagine how you're going to resolve this. I hope you have something ingenious up your sleeve - it would be terrific if you had a way of putting things right
without using the old
deus ex machina of dear old Herb this time... but I'm in there for the ride, buckled in and waiting anxiously for part 6!
Wendy
