Outstanding chapter! I'm satisfied by Ching's apology and promise to put his people ahead of himself in the future. He realization that he has lost honor, and that loss of honor will go down in the history books, shows humility and regret, and gives me faith that New Krypton is in good hands. And given what I hope awaits Lois and Kal at the end of their journey, it ends up being a win-win situation overall.
I'm glad that Kal was able to see his father's image one last time -- as was Tek -- and Kal has proof that his parents did "have care" for each other. Jor-El's willingness to put his wife above his people at the end showed that clearly. Kal may have lost his memories of his first 15 years, but he will now always have the memory of his father's love for his family.
Lois's attempt to have Riz and Tek say "thank you" was a stroke of genius. (Both for her and for you.) What a clever way to show us that Kal's ability to learn English so quickly was not something that all Kryptonians could do. I think Lois is clueing in, along with the readers, that Earth could be "The Distant Planet" that housed Kal after all. I'm sure she's almost afraid to hope, but the signs are all there. I just hope that being back "home" will somehow be able to trigger those memories in Kal, either by being surrounded by the sights and sounds or by being helped by the yellow sun.
I am sad that this story is wrapping up, but at the same time, I can't wait for the final chapters.
Kathy
