Thanks for the response, Terry. Although this is techncially an AU story (since Clark never arrived in Metropolis as in the Pilot), I have been writing under the assumption that he's basically the same person we saw during Season 1. He's also relatively new to Superman, since he only created him a few weeks ago.

Michael - thanks for your fdk. I'm glad you're still enjoying it.

Jen! hyper It's always nice to see more people reading. I'm happy to hear that you like it.

Hi Bob wave FDK is *never* too late. Thanks for commenting and letting me know what you liked about the last part.

James - Thanks for popping in and for reading. Part 9 is coming right up.

Brenda