Just to add my tuppence to the pile, I'm eager to read the continuation of this tale too. I'm glad that Clark seems to have made peace with his memories and with his pain. He'll never forget what happened to him in the Arena, but now it won't haunt him every waking moment and it won't define who he is or who he will be one day. I know that Rachel isn't his destined mate in this universe, but I'd like to see them reconcile as friends, even if she's married now. (She did get hitched, didn't she? I think I remember that happening.) She needs to know that he'll be okay as much as Clark needs to show others that he'll be okay.

And Lois? My, my, my, you are keeping us on tenterhooks, aren't you? I'll keep reading if you'll promise to resolve that situation somehow.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing