Clark shrugged. “Luckily, Superman was able to give me a lift.”
It is good Perry already knows the truth, he might suspect otherwise.
“He’s a mythical half-jaguar / half-man spirit who protects the Brazilian rainforest.
Interesting that Clark calls him mythical.
“Good. Good. Okay, since you’ve been… well, uh… out of town and… uh… out of the country, let me get you up to speed with what’s happening on the home front,” Perry said, and took a deep breath.

Perry is going to tell Clark what Lois is doing.
He braced himself to hear Lois’s name.
But things are not as bad as Clark thinks.
Clark groaned softly. Just what he needed on top of everything else. He hoped he had saved enough over the last nine months to pay last week’s now-late rent payment without a bump from his paycheck.
He might actually regret his safety deposit box being stolen, or am I wrong in thinking he had stuff he could convert to cash there.
“You and me both, son, and they have.
Good to hear subscription is up.
“Sir, have you heard from Lois?” he asked.

they will discuss Lois.
A loud knock sounded on the door before Jimmy opened the door and stormed past Clark to Perry’s desk.

at Jimmy always interrupting.