Clark smiles at her as he shrugs, and even though it’s not the happiest smile it’s still an honest one. The tension is clear in his shoulders, but he’s doing his best to look relaxed.
“It is always like that, I’m afraid. And this probably won’t make you feel any better about it but it doesn’t get any easier as you learn the language. There will always be rules that don’t make sense and you still have to follow, and exceptions to those rules that you have to find out and figure out as you go. It’s not a perfect language by any means.”
That’s one of the things the press had gotten wrong about him, and why it surprised everyone that he flew to New Krypton instead of staying in Earth (even though he was doing it for Earth’s sake). Clark trusts the government, but never blindly. He doesn’t take justice into his own hands but that isn’t because he thinks the system is perfect.
“But there will always be people willing to help out and make sure you understand. Even though a lot of the time you have to wonder what’s in it for them” He stares at her phone with a raised eyebrow. He never got to meet the man but he’s already decided he’s to be trusted. And yet he still doesn’t know why he went to the lengths he went for the imPorts. He knew it’d get him in trouble (“and y'all didn't hear it from me, either”), so why did he risk it when he had so much to lose?
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“It is always like that, I’m afraid. And this probably won’t make you feel any better about it but it doesn’t get any easier as you learn the language. There will always be rules that don’t make sense and you still have to follow, and exceptions to those rules that you have to find out and figure out as you go. It’s not a perfect language by any means.”
That’s one of the things the press had gotten wrong about him, and why it surprised everyone that he flew to New Krypton instead of staying in Earth (even though he was doing it for Earth’s sake). Clark trusts the government, but never blindly. He doesn’t take justice into his own hands but that isn’t because he thinks the system is perfect.
“But there will always be people willing to help out and make sure you understand. Even though a lot of the time you have to wonder what’s in it for them” He stares at her phone with a raised eyebrow. He never got to meet the man but he’s already decided he’s to be trusted. And yet he still doesn’t know why he went to the lengths he went for the imPorts. He knew it’d get him in trouble (“and y'all didn't hear it from me, either”), so why did he risk it when he had so much to lose?