This is a really interesting story. I like how Clark didn't demand anything of Lois, and I like how Lois came up with a compromise way to relate to the daughter without grudgingly taking on the role of her mother and without breaking the little girl's heart. I'm wondering, though, about what Lois told her at the end about helping Clark take care of her while her mother is gone. I'd be really reluctant to say anything to a child about their late parent without finding out how the death was explained to the kid. She makes it sound like the girl's mom is coming back, but she's not.

"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)