[The brunette on the video sports quite a few cuts and bruises; it looks like someone didn’t take her first night out seriously enough. From the scene behind her, she’s in the shelter-dugout, for those who would recognize it.] Okay, newsflash of the hour: humans totally have parental instincts coded into them, and it sucks
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And pretending to himself that every minute spent deciding isn't agony. That he wants to know sooner and get it over with so that he doesn't have to worry about it any more. He pretends to himself that he doesn't want to pull her into his arms and protect her from the Darkness - even though he's listening intently for any sign of monsters going after her, or worse, her going after the monsters - and that it's okay to hold off while he gets his own racing heart under control.
More than that he needs to give her a chance to get her footing, ask some questions, prepare herself for the inevitable, before he goes rushing in and potentially explodes everything in her face.
Is it true? Does he really look different enough as Superman to fool her? He's honestly not sure he believes it. If anything it would be the ultimate test, sink or swim. Or she might just slap him and call him an idiot. At least either way he'd know for sure.
Red and blue it is.]
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