Originally Posted by AmyPrime
Ooh, the story continues! I really enjoyed the interactions between Clark and his friends. He's still not opening up to them, but he's starting to be on his way.
Clark's been isolating himself from his friends (and they haven't known what to say to him), but he's starting to make an effort to spend time with them again and renew those friendships.

"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland