You had me "awwing" and then scared and then
Well, if you wanted to prove that blondes weren't as smart as brunettes...
Lana sighed again. It wasn't just the job or the need to repay the money. They'd both witnessed the consequences when others had dared to defy Mr Tempus. "I'll probably be asleep when you get in," she said. "I'm tired already."
Welcome to your new life, Lana. Good thing you're ready for bed, since you've already made it just the way you wanted it.
I, then, I was afraid that Clark hadn't heard this conversation. That Lana in her depression would tell Clark that she wanted him back.
"Because Kent is the strongest man in the world. He pushed the hippo over. If he wants to come back, nothing can stop him."
On my first read-through I thought this line was said by Lois, not Diddi. You've got to watch out for those 5 y.o.s. They're like sponges, soaking up everything they see and hear (except all that stuff you want them to soak up).
"No. I'm going climb the corkwood tree and look out for Clarkent. I'm going to be the first one to see him coming home. Like when Kito comed back from his mobembo. I saw him even before Rolle did."
Does he think Clark will arrive falling from the skies again?
CLARK: I'll try not to fall.
The first streaks of dawn hadn't yet begun to bleed into the night sky. Lois estimated about six hours had passed since Kent had left.
Six hours. If he could fly to America in just a few minutes, six hours was more than enough time.
But, realistically, she shouldn't expect to hear anything until later in the day. Or even tomorrow. A few days was reasonable.
Weeks, even. Months.
Waiting. It's the hardest thing to do.
"Oh, Kent," Lois murmured. "I don't know how I'm going to live without you."
"You won't have to."
Lois spun around and peered into the darkness. She could see no one. The voice had been quiet, barely audible. Perhaps it had been nothing more than the product of her tired and overwrought imagination.
For a second, I thought it had been Tempus answering her.
Kent's smile came slow and sweet like the trickle of honey. "What happened?" he echoed with a teasing lift to his left eyebrow. "What happened is that I'm a single man."
He's been confirmed legally dead?
"How? What? When? I mean, how do you know? Did you see Lana? What did she say? What about Tempus? Did he -" Lois stopped as horror paralysed her tongue. She cleared her throat. "Is Lana OK? Tempus didn't kill her, did he?"
Not yet.
Kent shrugged nonchalantly, but his mouth was hinting at a mischievous grin. "I wouldn't say I broke in exactly. I used a bit of extra speed to slip through a door without activating the alarm."
HENDERSON: Yep. B&E.
Is there going to be a video tape of Clark at the Vital Records Department? Will Tempus find out that he's still alive? Will he come and hunt Clark down in Bangala?
"I found the record of the divorce of Clark and Lana Kent. Apparently, it happened two months ago."
What?!
Clark lived in sin with Lana for 6 weeks?!
"Exactly. I was in Metropolis and very married two months ago," Kent said. "But the records are right there, very official, declaring that the divorce was granted and the marriage has ended." He squeezed her shoulders. "Which means I am a very single man."
Perry wouldn't accept that lying down.
That's right Perry disappeared. What happened to him?
Lois smiled up at him as her fingers drifted along his jaw. "So, I assume, having gone to such efforts to confirm your single status, you'd be keen to keep it for a long time."
Waiting for daybreak will be pure torture.
Lois dragged her attention from the magnetism of his smile and forced herself to entertain a few sensible thoughts. "You have time now, Clark," she said. "Everything has happened so quickly. You have time to think about what you really want. Time to settle into the Bangala way of life. You don't have to feel rushed into anything."
There's our Lois the commitment-phobe.
He took a breath. "Do you think she'd want an impromptu proposal or a planned date with all the …" He glanced towards the village. "… as many of the trappings as are available?"
Public proposal? Nah. Lois isn't that much of a Bangala.
Kent dropped to his knees in the dirt, took both her hands in his, and said, "Lois Lane, I love you. Will you marry me?"
But... But... But... /points to the part numbers/ There's still two parts left. What are they going to do for two WHOLE parts?
CLARK:
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um... never mind.
Every detail was perfect. Clark speaking in a "hushed and reverent" tone, his finger tracing the "K," and especially his comment to his mom about Lois adopting a small boy from a different culture. 
