I like the introspection Clark takes on Lois's disparaging comment and how it leads from if Lois will protect the father whom she hates 95% of the time, maybe she'd someday do it for me. Very Awwww.
VirginiaR. "On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling" --- "clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.