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Short but telling! At last Lois is beginning to grasp that the Clark Kent she sees isn't the real man. I wonder how long it's going to be before she guesses or he breaks down and tells her.
Nan
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The person he showed the world wasn't his real self, but only a mask, the best part of what he was held up to the light and put on display. How ironic that Lois realizes this, but she doesn't understand that Clark is Superman! I do hope she'll figure it out soon. I loved Clark's conversation with the boy whose father and brother had died. You wrote that splendidly: “Where was Superman when I needed him?” The boy's voice sounded strained, as though he was fighting tears. “Why couldn't he save them?”
“I've asked myself that about my parents too,” Clark said. “I've gone over and over and over it in my head, and it never changes. What if I'd done something different? Could I have saved them?”
“Superman could have saved them.”
“Maybe, if he'd been close enough to hear what was happening. He can't be everywhere,” Clark said quietly. “It'd be nice if he could.” It must be doubly painful for Clark to hear this. I loved that Clark gave the boy his photo of Jonathan and Martha and the boy's grandmother. “It's going to be hard giving all this up,” Lois said.
Clark glanced in her direction and said, “What?”
“It's going to be hard, moving back to Metropolis.” Lois spoke quietly but firmly. This was a shock, Shayne! You mustn't let it happen. Lisa must protest! And isn't it time for Clark to come clean with Lois? Ann
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Nan nailed it "short but telling". this gave us an inside look at the real Clark Kent and of course it made Lois just more attracted to him. I like the fact that Lisa went to get an autograph. Wonder how Clark felt about that? Had to be kind of strange for him since she is in on his secrets. Looking forward to the rest. Laura
Clark: “If we can be born in an instant, and die in an instant, why can’t we fall in love in an instant?”
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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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Shayne! You've done it again! Kal El pretended he didn’t know Lisa as he signed her autograph book; naturally it was one of those with his emblem on the cover. Lisa has learned very quickly that she has to play a role. Lois had to wonder about the contradiction he posed. He treated his household servants as though they were invisible, actively attempting to maintain a distant and impersonal relationship with them.
Yet with strangers he was capable of acts of generosity and kindness that he obviously didn’t want the rest of the world to know about.
When he’d emerged from the building, he’d been as cold and impersonal as he’d ever been, and if Lois hadn’t known better she’d have assumed that was how he was.
He was an expert at hiding his feelings, at keeping secrets, and while Lois should have felt repelled by that, instead she felt reassured. She and Lisa had the biggest secret on the planet, and this was the man who was going to keep it safe. Lois is finally starting to get to know Clark and trust him. She's starting to understand why he is the way he is. Her attraction for Clark though had never waned. The more she knew about him, the more she wanted to know about him.
He was dangerous to her in a way that Superman wasn’t. Superman was never going to be able to really share himself with anyone. Whatever life he had at home meant that he had secrets he never intended to share, any more than Lois would tell Lisa’s secret.
The person he showed the world wasn’t his real self, but only a mask, the best part of what he was held up to the light and put on display.
Lois could respect that because of what Superman represented, but she was never going to be able to fall in love with a facsimile.
Clark though…he tried to hide his pain, but Lois kept seeing flashes of his real self, of the little boy who’d been left standing on a lonely road with parents who were never coming back. Don't run from him Lois! Stay and help him. Clark needs Lois more than he knows. It was getting harder and harder to maintain the detachment that she needed to keep. Having to remind herself that this wasn’t a permanent situation was getting more difficult as she grew accustomed to his presence.
“It’s going to be hard giving all this up,” Lois said.
Clark glanced in her direction and said, “What?”
“It’s going to be hard, moving back to Metropolis.” Lois spoke quietly but firmly. As I have said before...I don't see Lois moving back to Metropolis. Maybe Clark will come clean and tell her the truth, all of it. And tell her that he needs her just as much as she needs him. I don't have to tell you Shayne that this was fabulous. But I do have to say... GET ON POSTING THE NEXT PART!~Sheila
I'm a firm believer in the fact that God doesn't put any more on us than we can bear. He does however make us come to Jesus every so often.
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This was a good chapter, revealing a bit more abouut the real clark to lois. can't wait till she finds out! will she spit the dummy?
But, I have to say, im loving this story so much, that this was far too short for my liking
Hope you get busy writing some more. After all, i need some excuse to procrastinate from studying.
Cheers, Emma
Lois: Clark, you don't have to be embarrassed. That's what friends are for. Just tell me how much.
Clark: Lois, I want you to go out with me!
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It was the greatest secret in the world to be related to someone the world saw as a combination of Gandhi and Hercules. Lois felt a moment of pity for her daughter. It was the one secret she’d never be able to share with anyone, other than possibly a spouse. Wonder if Lois remembers that for herself, when the time comes. On the other hand we have this passage: The Foundation was by this point the third largest charitable Foundation in the United States, and it was growing fast.
A cynical mind might wonder about the sort of power that gave Clark Kent, but if Clark was really out for power and influence, he’d be standing beside Superman for the ribbon cutting.
Clark seemed to avoid opportunities for personal aggrandizement. Even now, as the cameras flashed, he was nowhere to be seen. Lois might be that cynical mind after all, when she discovers the obvious reason for Clark's shyness during Superman appearances. It would definitely make for new kind of revelation angst - Lois not being mad but distrusting. Michael
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