X Phile: It took Lois a minute to realize that she had been shot.
Just try to talk your way out of this one, Lex.
LEX: I tried, but Lois just wouldn't see reason.
You should know by now that nothing is ever her fault
Lex isn't allowed access to the
Lois Lane Handbook .
You’ll mess up your fancy suit. Is it hard to get blood out of spandex? I’d think so…

Mrs. Cox? Tommy Garrison?
Not helping your case, Lois.
Also canon dialogue.
Give it up already, he’s not coming!
Nope, he's not. He does in canon, but this isn't canon Clark. Of course canon Clark had to see Lois walk off with her "hero" Lex, so fighting / punching Garrison probably felt good. Alt-Clark gets to walk off with Lois, so why in the world would he ditch her to deal with the cyborg Garrison?
A happier ending than the last chapter!
Not all my cliffies are bad cliffies. And I did try to make the Lois gets shot cliffy obvious that she wasn't critically shot, because she was able to stay on her feet.