He had so many questions to ask the enigmatic head of El House and was intrigued to finally have a chance to sit down with his father’s brother.
This is such a close connection to his dad!
As they drew closer, the resemblance of Abondar-El to a Tuscan villa became stronger.
The Tuscan element is such a great aesthetic held against the red city you've described.
The sight of a garden filled with vegetables and flowers caused Clark to relax.
This is a great touch, this reminder of Smallville.
At Green Station #3 checking on a particular Kryptonian vegetable that she, Dar-Ur and a team of cultivators are coaxing from our old world samples to adapt to this planet’s soil.
This is another great touch that his family also has an agricultural background.
His aunt explained that with the change of light, the paintings shifted colors depicting different times of the day.
So cool! It's nice, too, that the appreciation of the pastoral continues inside the house.
Meeting his Uncle Zor-El for the first time was like staring into a prism showing fragments of the past, present and unglimpsed future.
This is such great phrasing.
With a start he suddenly realized that this was the first time he could ask a living Kryptonian such a question.
That's such a poignant moment!
Zor-El answered with a smile very much like Clark’s own.
This is sweet, too. It would be such an amazing moment for Clark to see his family connection.
His uncle reminded him of Perry White, Jonathan Kent and in some ways due to Zor-El’s vast scientific knowledge and all-consuming curiosity, Dr. Bernie Klein.
This is such an incredible combination!
“The life of Clark Kent and his beautiful fiancée, Lois Lane would continue without interference from me.
There's something really caring and powerful about him using Lois' name here.
"I was training Kara to take my place and make no mistake; she is perfectly capable of accepting the challenge and would govern this planet with compassion tempered by knowledge. I was making certain that key men would accept her as the first woman ruler of New Krypton.”
Yay! I love this plan!
Thinking of Lex Luthor, Clark said bitterly, “We have many people like that on Earth as well.”
Such a great allusion here, to liken Nor to Lex.
“Sadly, whenever there is great change, resistance rears its head, some of it was with good reason, while others not so much. Members of the nobility did not like the fact that women and those of lesser ranks were gaining a greater say in government. They wanted to go back to the old ways.”
This is so topical now. It's sad that something we consider so outmoded when we read a story is becoming a prevalent attitude in the real world.
Nor is a throwback to the days when our world was run by warlords and everyone else existed only by their pleasure.
This is so aptly put!
Only a blind man could ignore the fact that Zor-El was dying.
So sad that he found Zor-El now, only to be losing him again!
