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Oh, You ARE good. You had me wondering the entire time if it was Clark or Lex talking. Nice Job. 
Johnny was a chemist,
Now Johnny is no more,
For what he thought was H two O
Was really H two S O four.
--Lab safety limrick--
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Top Banana
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Me , too.  Right until the end. Excellent, Paul, But this is huge: Lex Lives!  c.
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Ingenious!! 
If she had to move heaven and Earth, perhaps come back to haunt Perry and explain the story after they'd killed her, she would do it.
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Fantastic, Paul! I suspected that it was Lex from these lines: "I had power back then," the old man mused. "Real power."
The young man nodded again. Everyone knew that. but that didn't make it any less powerful.
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That was the line that made me suspect it was Luthor, as well. But I still enjoyed the story, nonetheless. And I hadn't figured out who the kid was.
Altogether a good story. Very enjoyable.
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Oooh! that was excellent! Kept me guessing right up until the end, and - OMG! - I love stories like that! 
Superman: Why is it that good villains never die?
Batman: Clark, what the hell are good villains?
=> Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
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"You take turns, advise and protect one another, even heal or be healed when the going gets too tough. I know! That's not a game--that's friendship!" ~Shelly Mezzanoble, Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Game Darcy\'s Place
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I liked it, but then again, I like villains. There's something really appealing about seeing Luthor be that candid. 
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Thanks for the FDK, guys. Glad you enjoyed the story (or what there was of it, anyway). I appreciate you taking the time to let me know.
When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.
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Eeeak! Paul! I thought I had left you fdk on this... but it appears not. I definitely enjoyed this. You sorta kinda had me fooled - I kept thinking that it just had to be Luthor... Nicely done. You have to do more like this one. <g> Of course I wouldn't complain if it was longer next time...  -- DJ
Smile and the world smiles with you ... frown and you're just giving yourself wrinkles.
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Hmmm. I was bouncing back and forth until the end. Thought it might be some alt-universe thing going on.
So many ideas, so little paper.
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Ooo, more FDK! Thanks! Don't know about doing more, DJ, but glad you enjoyed this one enough to ask. James, alt-U wasn't anywhere in my mind. I mean, yeah, Lex lived, but we've seen him die enough times to know it's never permanent. Otherwise, I just thought it was interesting to see how similar things can look from Clark and Lex's respective POVs.
When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.
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Thanks for writing this!
I knew it would have to be Lex from the start actually. Though I am surprised that he knew that Superman was Clark Kent and so on.
Great story. My heart goes out to Lex.
The Little Tornado.
The Little Tornado is .... .... Marisa Wikramanayake Freelance Writer & Editor, Board Member of SoEWA and Writing WA http://www.marisa.com.au
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Well, Lex did know by the end of the series. This story takes place years after that. So it seemed only right that he would know at that point. Glad you liked, though, and thanks for taking the time to let me know! Paul
When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.
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