This part makes a nice contrast with the A plot emphasis in the last part. ( Good to have both mind you
) Also I notice you're paragraphs are shorter which I think works better.
Mrs Harper is very generous in her offer to lower Clark's rent in exchange for checking on her cat. She must be really desperate.
Aykira's an interesting character. Hope she turns out to be a good guy but if you have it in mind to make her a villain, that's okay too.
"Crossed a universe" , eh.
Aykira was living in a world not her own; interacting with doppelgangers of associates, close friends and loved ones.
interesting....
“It’s the oddest thing, but I feel we have met before and were friends…good friends. Yet for the life of me where we met does not come to mind.” Lois lapsed into a contemplative silence.
also interesting....
I was surprised by the quick flare-up between Lois and Clark - both seemed to be having badly, as they say.
Lots of intriguing threads here.
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Love how you described Lois cleaning up her apartment as picking up the debris of the evening. 
) But she is from another "world"- another universe. And said she's dealing with "dopplegangers" of everyone. So does that mean that she and Lois are friends in her world? And why does she seem somewhat concerned about Clark? Could she possibly *know*? 