( family, friends, a home--they're all concepts he's picked up from clark himself. lessons learned from the safety of these arms, between meeting ma and pa kent, having lois hold his hand, read him bedtime stories, going to school, meeting robin--none of that would have happened without clark's interference.

he would have been brought to another weird containment area, brought up underground without seeing the light of day. he may be young, but--chris has enough foresight to realize just how lucky he is. )

Egg drop soup? I think I--I smelled some coming from over there. ( a hand raises, points off in the direction of one of the restaurants. ) I would've flown but I--I'm a secret, right? So I stayed low.