Originally Posted by DebbieG
See my comment above — the beacon isn't needed to be able to return to their home reality. I think I need to make that more clear in the story.

Now that I think about it, I think you did make that clear in the story, but I forgot by the time I wrote my comment.

"It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then...he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him." -Batman (in Superman/Batman #3 by Jeph Loeb)