Originally posted by John Lambert:
Well, to be fair, I meant it more like Trask trying to discourage people from making contact with Clark. And if they did, oh well, gee, poor disturbed kid is making up stories about the evil Trask-man.
That is what I figured. Actually, I mainly figured it was Trask trying to get people to stay away from him. <nods> To keep people away and to immediately discredit Clark in case people did *not* keep their distance.