He may also not know Bernie very well. I get the impression that his opinion of him may not be very high, possibly because he thinks he was so easily fooled.
You are right there! Fooled by the scenario, fooled by the glasses. He also sees Klein as lacking many other skills despite his scientific intelligence.
Following orders without question? Is he so flattered that Lex and Hightower trusted him that he's not even considering the ethics of what they're doing? Time will tell if his paycheck may be clouding his judgement. Although, he also may not understand everything that's planned for Clark, Lois and the whole country.
Right on both accounts. Remember his mother was in a car accident and can't work and his sister is quite a bit younger and he feels responsible for her. And at this point he has no idea exactly what they are doing.
Makes me wonder if Scott has a crush on Lois. That could complicate things for Lex, but Scott had better be very careful. He doesn't have a very high opinion of Clark, either. Yet Scott at least appears to be a bit nerdy himself.
Scott is quite nerdy, or he very much wants to be even though he never really felt very smart growing up since he was so average compared to everyone else.
Oh, Lois, now you're jumping in without checking the water level for not only yourself but Clark and his family.
Its ingrained in her!
Although if they survive this mess, it could be interesting how they react if the New Krytonians show up in the universe... maybe a sequel?
Yeah, unintentional. The plot ran away from me on this front. This wasn't worked out until near the end of writing (when I was maybe 60% through) and I was as surprised as you.
Nice touch; don't give them time to really consider this. Just enough time I assume to make preparations.And now you have me wondering what Dr. Klein didn't mention. Hopefully that will eventually be explained.
I'm glad you brought this up. It wont be answered, so I'll happily fill you in
. See, in space travel that involves leaving the orbit of one planet and trying to reach another that is farther away (or outside the solar system), they use a trajectory path that takes advantage of something called a "gravity assisted maneuver" or "gravity slingshot" to give the, in this case, person traveling a boost in speed. This is how space probes and smaller vessels are sent to planets like Mars and further out into the solar system. Without it, it takes additional fuel (or effort in Superman's case) to be able to travel away from the sun. In order for it to work, the relative positions of Earth, Sun, and the destination have to form something of a check mark shape with the sun at the vertex. The next time it would be in the right location would be the next time the Earth was at that point in its revolution - one year out (give or take). I stopped Klein in the middle of the explanation because in the show he's often given to rambling or giving too much information and cut off by a comment or look and to further the impression of the swiftness with which this is all happening.
I was also worried I would type too much about just exactly how that works (which I hope I didn't do just now).
Thanks for the feedback, I just love the peek into what readers are thinking
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