Hello again.
To answer your questions
Beth, Clark is capable of breaking out of there, there's no reason that he couldn't. The problem is, he's so used to them holding him captive, that the idea of just busting out of there hasn't entered his head. If Lois told him to he would without (much) question, but Lois hasn't discovered just how strong Clark really is, so she doesn't realise that he's capable of it. I hope that clears it up.
Ann, I'm horrified to discover that Lex has rendered my story almost unreadable, I may have to kill him off just to keep him from scaring off my readers!
And
Carol. What can I say? I can't wait for you to start posting so that I can leave fdk starting with:
[singsong voice]
/me knows what happens
/me knows what happens
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