Another great one, AK. I think you well captured Lex's delight at having a new challenge. It's an interesting and insightful angle.

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I’ve already won, you see. Once you accept morals, you accept limits, boundaries that you refuse to cross and thus, *cannot* cross. You wall yourself in behind limits that make you less than you can be, and when there are lines you will not step over, there are victories you will never obtain.
This fits perfectly with Lex, but it also made me flash forward to Tempus in Season 4. Clark still had strong boundaries, of course, but he also had enough passion to declare that his ethics could disappear were anyone to go after his wife. How far he would actually go is arguable, of course, but the fact that he would feel moved to make such a statement shows character development through the years.

Kathy