Eventually, though, the hot water had soothed away his aches and pains, yet it had done little to dispel his tiredness. He'd just stepped out of the shower and had pulled on a pair of jeans when Lois stormed into his room. He stopped drying his hair and looked up at her.
"How can you be sick? I thought you were invulnerable."
"I thought so, too." He froze when he realized what she'd said and how he'd answered her. "What did you say?"
"I said, I thought you were invulnerable." She placed her hands on her hips in what Clark had come to call her 'full battle mode' and glared at him, daring him to call her on this one.
"That's what I thought you said."
"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."
