This line is breaking my heart:

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And yet...what good is it now? He's stolen it from me."
This makes sense from Lois' POV:

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Could Clark, even if only subconsciously, be blaming the superhero for not rescuing him earlier?
Now you've got me wondering if this really is a clone:

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I would ask him if a...a half life...is enough to sustain him
Here's another powerful part:

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Lois, I was so used to seeing everything and hearing so much and always having to be somewhere, always needed by someone. But...well, in the dark, it was quiet, and...and I wasn't always needed, wasn't constantly being bombarded by sensation."
It was touching that Lois thought of things from Clark's POV and wondered why Superman hadn't saved him.

Joan