You're right, Ann, the emphasis on *the* bottom line was mine. I apologize for stressing that so strongly.
And I do understand how you could be disappointed that this story is not answering the challenge as stated. But Dandello did respond that she was twisting things - something along the lines that she can never respond to a challenge exactly as issued. Also, I haven't seen any reference to Dandello saying that Clark can't be corrupted, although obviously that isn't going to happen in this particular story.
If you regard the first part as a stand-alone, certainly one could infer that this was in fact *our* evil Clark. (As a number of us did.) Or perhaps someone else will write such a story. Maybe you could, since you feel strongly about it.
Kathy
