Fabulous, Shayne. You are doing such a tremndous job of exploring the otherness and the isolation of twice-orphaned, red K-poisoned Clark Superman Kent, who suddenly has to face the fact that he has a twelve-year-old daughter.
You description of Lisa's situation was heartbreaking, too. Poor girl.
I loved the meeting between Lisa and Superman, and the immediate connection she felt with her father.
As he stepped toward her, she ignored the smell of fish and oil, and a moment later, his arm was around her.
She closed her eyes for a moment. It felt like coming home.
A moment later, they were airborne, and Lisa discovered a part of herself she'd never known existed.
Amazing. Beautiful.
Lisa was already running up the hill. “Mom! Mom! Did you see! We were flying!”
The expression of joy on her face was something Lois hadn't seen in a long time. It was then that Lois realized that the toys and the mansion weren't the real danger. Lisa had never been all that interested in material things, and had in fact been more level headed than she had been.
But this…this was something that she couldn't share with her daughter. This was something wonderful and amazing and mysterious, and it was easily the sort of thing that could turn a young girl's head, no matter how dangerous it was.
And Lois realizes that Lisa shares something amazing with her father that she can never share with Lois.
Lois bristled at the casual way he gave Lisa orders; as though he'd been her father his entire life. He hadn't put the time in. He hadn't stayed up all night when she was young. He hadn't dried her tears, or sacrificed for her.
And Lois feels that Clark hasn't got the right to be what he is to Lisa. He hasn't done anything for Lisa so far, except taking her flying, whereas Lois has done everything for Lisa. And yet, in the end, it might be Lois who gets left out of the equation. What if Lisa chooses Superman over Lois?
But Lisa ought to figure out that Superman is Clark Kent pretty quickly. Will that affect her way of looking at her father? Will she, when all is said and done, choose Clark/Superman over Lois?
And if she is forced to make such a choice, how will that affect a twelve-year-old child?
Amazing. Heartbreaking. Shayne, this is a fantastic story.
Ann
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