This part was very sweet and romantic. I love the interaction between Kent and Diddi, and how Lois and Kent's relationship is growing.
I'm a little surprised that Lois has changed so much to trust the safety of her son to virtual stranger, a man whom she had only met a week before and who *lied* to her at first. These years with the Bangala have made her too trusting. We, the Readers, know that Kent is trustworthy and would never do anything to endanger Diddi, but Lois doesn't... She shouldn't, no matter how much she feels herself in love with Kent. It's much too soon. She's pushing down her natural instinct as a mother to protect her son to reassure this stranger of her trust, and that worries me. Yes, it's sweet and romantic, but it still worries me.
Would Lois be able to survive if she and Diddi were thrust into the real world again? Would she chose the safety of her son over her love of this man? Maybe I'd feel better about this one scene if I knew that the Bangala village was within earshot, and she could have heard Diddi shout for help, or Lois knew that this swimming spot was close to where Romeric hunted or knew that she had taught Diddi karate and knew he could defend himself or even if she watched them from the woods for most of the time she was gone to reassure herself that Kent was indeed trustworthy. It would feel more in Lois's character if Kent thought she was fully trusting him, but she knew better.
Yes, I know I'm being paranoid, but sadly in this day and age, that's part of being a mother and protecting one's children. One of the key parts of Lois is that she's a horrible judge of character, and that she's susceptible to charm. True, it's possible that this Lois never learned this fact about herself as canon Lois did with Lex, which might explain her taking this risk with HER OWN SON. For some reason, I would expect Lois to demonstrate her trust of Kent in another way that would not endanger her son. Especially when we see in the final scene that a wild boar may attack at any time. What if the boar had shown up when Lois wasn't there?
Would Kent have been able to protect Diddi without his powers, and not knowing wild boars as Lois and other Bangala adults do?
I'm also worried what's going to happen when she learns that Kent has special gifts, which he didn't apprise her of. After Lois has shown SO much trust in Kent, I could see her doing a 180' and not being able to trust him at all (for a time), or throwing it in his face that she was able to trust him with her son, and he couldn't trust her at all. I see pain and possible irreparable damage in this relationship in the future. This is why one must keeps one's therapy and one's relationships separate. Kent needs to learn to heal himself away from Lois, so that she doesn't become his entire life in that he would rely on her so much that wouldn't be able to survive without her. He needs that to be whole person.
<<steps off soapbox>>
Needless to say, I'm enjoying your story and you've got me sitting on the edge of my seat.
