"He was helping her," Clark whispered in amazement. "He actually helped her build a wall, and... she didn't - react to him as if he was the other... us... she knew. He got through to her!"
Lane listened to Clark's words and read between the lines.
"How did you two usually resolve these times?"
He looked at her, deeply ashamed.
"I left her alone," he whispered in horror. "To face him alone. I did. I was afraid to go in and talk to her or even sit with her, so I avoided her until it was over. I did nothing, Lois. I let her suffer and I did nothing. And then Clark just came right in and helped her build that wall... all this time I could have done that, and I didn't."
I'm glad you brought this up, been thinking if he'd just stopped using kid gloves with her she'd be stronger for it, but it's like Lane told him, he didn't know any other option really.
Looking forward to how they plan to take on Lord Kal.
