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Pete, I think it's great that you spend so much time volunteering here.
Well, someone's always been there for me when I've been in trouble. Seems like a good way to give something back.
[flirty] Hi, Pete.
And to hone your sensitive guy skills.
We think it's some sort of a prank, Sheriff.
You know, usually these situations originate a little closer to home than you'd expect. Any reason you might want to goose these boys with a little crank call, Miss Lang?
Lana didn't have anything to do with this.
You know, unless Miss Lang has grown several inches and developed an affinity for plaid, this would be a good time for you to pipe down.
Clark, how did you hear that?
I guess I missed too many Linkin Park concerts.
Tell the cops to drop the charges and give me immunity, and I'll give you the biggest arrest of your career.
What are we talking about?
I'll help you bring down my father.
Clark, there's still something I don't understand. How did you get from the hotline to the storage unit in a split second?
It took me more than a few seconds... maybe it had something to do with the weird time anomaly. You know, there's something that I don't understand either. Why did you call the hotline instead of the police?
Because I knew you'd be there.
You know, Dad, they say mental illness is hereditary. I'm willing to accept my break with reality. Are you?
Oh, Lex, men of vision have so often been mocked. Galileo knew it was the earth that orbited the sun, and he was sentenced to death for that discovery.
Where's the Inquisition when you need it?
How'd you know to find me out here?
When I'm searching for answers, I turn to my dad. I guess it runs in the family.
Your grandfather was the stubbornest man I ever knew. And believe me, Clark, I wasn't nearly the son you are. My mother used to say that he and I were like watching two sides of the same coin duking it out. And I see the way you and Jor-El fight and I wonder if maybe fathers and sons were the same on Krypton.
Except he's not my father. You are.
Yeah... I am your father who turns his back on you when you need him the most. I am your father who forces you to run away. My father never would've done that.
Look, I'm afraid I'm a little jaded in the romance department. The only thing I know about relationships is that someone usually winds up getting hurt.
And you don't think I can trust Clark to not do that.
I don't think it's about trust. It's like the German poet Rilke said, "A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them. They're who they've been throughout your whole relationship".
Fathers often want futures that their sons reject. That struggle is as old as the human race.
Except I'm not human.
Humanity is not only about biology.
This is your last warning. Stay away from my son.
If you'd raised your son the way I raised mine, maybe you wouldn't have to protect him. You know, weakness isn't something you're born with. You learn it. And Clark learned his from you.
You broke into the LuthorCorp plant the other night, didn't you? Something happened?
Wow. There may be some journalistic genes behind those baby blues after all.
Chloe, for some reason, people are telling you things they don't want you to know, and it's not a joke.
No. But it is every reporter's dream.
My God, Clark, this is amazing! Can you imagine the kinds of stories I could break? I mean, I could crack the mystery that is Clark Kent! [pause] What do you keep hiding from me?
I can't believe you just asked me that.
And you didn't answer. Everyone else would have. What are you so afraid of? That I'll get behind that armor and finally uncover your secret?
I do know that because of you, my dad can't get a job. So why would I help you?
Because my father's the one who ordered his dismissal. You know that's the truth, don't you?
Meaning that my family's future is just one chess move in the endless game of one-upmanship played by you and your dad.
It's not a game, Chloe. You're the only one who can get me the truth.
Why do you keep doing this to yourself? Why can't you just walk away from your father?
Because he won't give me the only thing I've ever wanted from him.
And that would be?
I want him to love me.
I'm impressed but unfortunately, I don't respond to blackmail. But you know, this isn't what's going to get your father's job back.
Then what would?
Information from an especially intransigent source.
Does this source have a name?
Two, actually. Jonathan and Martha Kent. But you need only ask one question.
Why would I ever do that?
Because I know that you have a special place in your heart for their son, and it's killing you that he's hiding something from you. And we both know that this may be the only opportunity you'll ever have to find out what that is.
And what exactly is it that you want to know?
Where did Clark Kent come from?
When you found me on the bridge, I was on my way here. I was gonna ask your parents all the questions you would never answer... look, I know "I'm sorry" has become a recurring motif in our relationship, but--
No, Chloe, look, I appreciate your honesty, but you weren't yourself.
I really wish I could believe that. But there have been so many times when my curiosity has gotten the best of me. Maybe this is just who I am.
No. You're going after the truth. Chloe, there's nothing wrong with that.
Unless it hurts the people you care most about. I'm just afraid that one day I'm gonna push too hard, and I'm not gonna get the chance to say I'm sorry.
Today's not that day.
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