[Even the glasses can't hide the sadness behind them. Clark is quiet when the video feed comes on, and his eyes only briefly flicker toward the video. He twists his hands together in front of him, anxiously.]
I don't know if it's just me, but--
[The hands unknot and then Clark raises one to the back of his head, rubbing at his neck.How do you go
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Sometimes, you can't heal it, Clark. You have to wait for the other person to be ready to meet you half way. If you're already there, then... the best you can do is tell them you're there, if they ever need you.
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[Yeah, someone's got her head on a bit straighter these days.]
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You, Jubilee?
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However, nothing lasts forever. Friends and allies break apart all of the time. So it may just be a case of letting it go.
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And if by letting go, you're just another person who gave up on them? I'll just be the last in a long line of people who didn't try hard enough.
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With that said, if you're idealistic enough to keep trying, good on you. Stubbornness may win through. The problem will be keeping that motivation up during it. Because if you're trying to repair a relationship that broken, it's going to take plenty of time. And you may not see results during most of it. Do you have it in you to keep trying hard as long as it takes?
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[As though that answers everything. Idealistic, check. Stubborn, check. Motivated, check. Patient, check. He would never give up.]
And my parents taught me never to give up on anyone.
[Not true. He gave up once. Of course that person had turned his girlfriend into a living, breathing piece of Kryptonite.]
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Are all the guys from Metropolis as sensitive and in touch with his inner self as you?
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But honestly, what kind of advice are you looking for with such a general hypothesis?
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Well I was thinking more of - other people sharing their experiences, rather than me going too deep into it. I don't want to endanger any hope we might have by gossipping about it.
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[Flustered.]
And if the guilt isn't misplaced? What if they should be guilty, but that guilt doesn't change the fact that they're forgiven for what they did?
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I'm not sure it would have grown back, Kryptonian or not.
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Plenty of people have shot, stabbed, even killed me. If I didn't forgive at least some of them, I wouldn't have any friends left.
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