Oh, Lois is *thinking*! That's fabulous <g> and an improvement from the show. So she's planning to ask Clark his reasons -- and listen to what he says. Though I have to say I totally understand how she would take criticism of Lex as criticism of her judgment, taste, intelligence, etc, and react accordingly. So it's very very good that she's starting to see past that.
And yes, Lex is acting very strangely -- and yay, she recognizes the problem! Let's get her out of there gracefully, as soon as possible. Having her alone with Luthor always makes me nervous.
PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
--Stardust, Caroline K
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