This is a good story.

You're exploring one of the many possible dramatic branches in the series and it's a compelling read. I've never been blind, but I have had enough medical conditions where I needed help just to get out of bed that I sympathize. I think it's interesting that Lois hasn't made the Clark connection yet, since she's still differentiating between Kallen Ellis/Superman and Clark Kent. And you put Clark at the Daily Oklahoman? Interesting. Some of the folks I've known in Oklahoma have called that paper the Daily Disappointment, although it never had a writer with skill Clark has. OKC is a small-market area with large-market aspirations that make it cosmopolitan without making it too crowded. (Except for the constant construction downtown. I don't think they'll ever finish.)

I think it's also significant that he didn't correct her when she referred to Clark as a separate person. What does she think happened to him? Has she not put Clark together with Superman yet? She's still galactically stupid? I wonder when you'll let her put two and two together.

On a separate and possibly unrelated note, I wonder where and how Clark got the legal ID for Kallen Ellis. The paper couldn't have hired him as an employee without proof of who he claimed to be, not without the W2 and I-9 documents (Social Security number plus driver's license or other ID) they'd have to file. It doesn't matter that much for this story, but my detailed brain came up with the question and I couldn't answer it so Brain is frowning a little. But not too sharply. Keep up the good work and don't stop any time soon!


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- Stephen King, from On Writing