"Maybe he's shy," Jimmy suggested.
"Shy? And wearing that outfit?" Cat Grant purred dreamily. "Not a chance."
"Maybe he's afraid of being found," Clark offered. "Maybe all of this is a bit...I don't know...overwhelming."
"Please," Lois said, giving him a patented eye-roll. "He had to have known what a sensation his appearance would be."
"I'd hate to agree," Cat said, "but I agree. They don't call them tights for nothing."
"All I know is, I want to track him down for my own reasons," Betty said with a smirk. Laughter rippled through the rest of the conference room.
"Not if I find him first," Cat swore.
"Please," Clark heard Lois mutter under her breath.
"Okay, okay, let's get back on track," Perry ordered. "We need to get to work. What would draw Superman out, so that we have a chance to talk to him?"
"A rescue," Allison offered.
"Yeah, great, only he's made a few other rescues since he first appeared and still hasn't stuck around long enough to talk to the press," Marco countered.
"Well, what do you suggest?" Allison retorted. "Shining a big light into the sky to signal him?"
Marco just huffed, but didn't otherwise respond.
"Maybe we ought to dangle Lois out a window or something," Jeff teased. "It seems like this Superman guy is constantly showing up on stories she's reporting on."
"That's not funny, Jeff," Lois growled before Clark could. "Maybe I ought to bloody your nose enough to require Superman to come whisk you off to the hospital."
Why did I put this huge bit of dialog in? Because this shows a bunch of different people talking besides the usual suspects! Great! Oh and the byplay between all of them is fresh and fun. Perry riding herd on the bunch of them is very realistic.
Yummy!
"It's safer, Clark," Jonathan had told him the night before, when Clark had flown home for dinner. "The longer you refuse to speak, the more people are going to speculate. And the longer they do that, the more misinformation about you will circulate. Misinformation can lead to a lot of fear that make take you years to overcome. If you want the public's trust, you have to be transparent with them. Or, well, as transparent as possible."
Jonathan may not speak very often, but when he does it is powerful and makes a tremendous amount of sense. Glad he is telling Clark this and not Martha.
Just Lois, Perry - engrossed in singing along with WLEX-radio's "Non-Stop Elvis Hour," and a few members of the janitorial staff. He landed next to Lois' desk with a whoosh, startling her out of whatever she was writing on her computer.
That ol' newshound miss out on a great interview because he is listening to Elvis? No Way!
OK, off I go to read the next part! Joy!
