Hello, Clark. Can't say I love what you've done with the place.
Lex.
You still say it the same way -- astonishment mixed with a hint of dread, yet... with a hopeful finish.
You're alive.
Seems my father had a... a change of heart. And I got a second chance of life.
Where's Tess? What have you done with her?!
She's fine. I wouldn't worry so much about my dear little sister. You know, I used to think it was our families who made us who we are. Then I hoped it was our friends. But if you look at history, the great men and women of the world have always been defined by their enemies.
You have a second chance. You can change all that.
But that's the thing about memories -- you can't forget them. Like how you're always one step ahead of me, Clark. No matter how meticulously I prepared, no matter how strategic I was, if only I'd known I never stood a chance.
It wasn't a competition.
Of course it wasn't. You were born to be the chosen one. You're simply better than us.
And that always killed you.
No. No, what killed me is that you didn't even want it. You fought it -- you hid from it! I would have taken it and relished it, embraced it.
My destiny wasn't yours to take!
I get that now. Which is why I finally embraced my own. You and I... we will both be great men. Because of each other, we have a destiny together, Clark... only on different sides.
I'll always be there to stop you. Always.
Oh, I'm counting on it.
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