Great part again and I loved how you described Clark practicing his powers. Though this part is my favourite:
So Lois watched him crush a pebble into intricate shapes...without turning it into gravel. She watched him freeze a stick and then melt the ice...without setting the wood on fire. She watched him blur high into the sky and return instantly to her side...without overstepping his chosen mark. She watched him perform aerial maneuvers...without disturbing the branches around him.
That was quite a cliffhanger and makes all the more anxious to find out what happens next
