Obligatory "Yay" for another chapter! Two!
He was sure that part of his exultation came from the stark difference between living daily with the red radiation poisoning and suddenly being free of it.
Yep. I've been sick and I've been well, and being well is a great blessing. When you are well after being sick, you can look back and think how differently you acted and felt while you were sick.
They needed to believe they had all the control, and using his powers, even for harmless fun, would take that feeling away.
Doesn't happen in the canon world except to people like Trask, because Superman has shown himself to be trustworthy. And, of course, that world was never overrun and conquered by the Kryptonians.
“You can't keep blaming yourself for something you did while in stasis,” Lois gently chided him. “You weren't consciously making a connection to me."
I forget. Was Kal also unconsciously sending thoughts to LL, the Lois of his world, in addition to Lois of the "Long Strange Trip" alt-world? Both of those Loises had been captured and tortured by Clone-El.
“I was – wondering about the Lois Lane of this world,” he admitted. “She seems to – trust you two – as best, I suppose as she can ever trust anyone, and I wondered how that happened? She is the obvious leader and if we are to work together, I would appreciate advice on how to interact with her so she does not feel threatened.”
No way. She'll always feel threatened and always have PTSD flashbacks at the sight or thought of Kal-El.
But maybe we could convince her that it's her duty to work with Kal-El? That might help, but sheer force of propinquity.
“Can you work with Ching, Kal-El, because you may have to. You have to convince your people who you are. You have to use your right as leader to end this invasion. You have to make peace with Zara and Ching in order for that to happen. You cannot let what he did to Lois get in the way of that.”
Realpolitik.
