Wow, what a surprising part! I love that Lois wanted to see young Clark, that she got to cheer him up and encourage him a bit--a very well done bit of parallel writing there--but from then on, my eyes just kept getting wider and wider.
So Tempus was Paul, but I was a bit confused as to why Lois didn't recognize him as Paul. Have her memories already started to change, was whatever allowed him to look like Paul wearing off, or is it just that he's so clearly a different person even with the outward guise of Paul?
How terrifying to hear Tempus spell out a future of two Clarks and one Lois (I knew he'd go for something more than a gun and a bullet). It made chills run through me. The way he pulled out the Kryptonite the first time was so casual that I knew he must have something more planned, but some kind of red Kryptonite potion? I'm terrified for what comes next. Will this altered Clark be wrapped up in the next part, or will it be the plot of the next story in this series?
Can't wait to see what happens next!