I've been expecting you, Kal-El.
How long have you known?
From the moment I held in my hand the crystal that helped to create your Fortress of Solitude.
The one that put you in a coma.
Coma? I like to think of it as... a state of contemplative repose.
You've known my secret for almost a year.
Yes.
Why haven't you done anything?
What? Expose you to the world? A strange visitor from another planet? I've tried to tell you--I am not your enemy. To reveal your secret would change your destiny. And it would harm someone I care about very deeply.
You had a choice: To kill my mother or to kill yourself.
I could never harm your mother. There was no choice.
Yeah. [pause] Unless you knew the gun wasn't loaded.
You have no reason to believe anything I say. I realize that. I hope eventually you will come to trust me. I only want what's best for you and your mother, son.
[angrily] You don't call me that. Jonathan Kent was my father.
No. I'm not trying to take his place.
You couldn't. My mother seems to think there may be some good in you, but I'm not so sure.
It takes time, Clark. Maybe you will be.
Or maybe you'll just show your true colors. Secret or no secret, you stay away from my mother, or you'll wish I'd never saved your life.
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