Ninth Flight - Clark Kent - Video

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[ Clark gets straight down to business when the video feed starts up. ]

This is going to sound like a really odd request no matter how I put it, and the explanation is almost as weird as the rest of it, but here goes nothing anyway. I need clothes--small people's clothes. Like...kid's clothes, for someone about three foot tall, say.

I know there's

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You know, I'm really starting to think we should get a spare bed. Or sleeper sofa. There's a trend here.

[ And then her eyebrows go up in blatant amusement as she grins at him. ]

Afraid you'll lose your reputation as a fearless warrior, Smallville?

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[ And then she flicks the feed to private. ]

Well, that's always a good line to start a conversation with.

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I tried to mount a subway wall like it was a horse, and fell twelve foot off the other side, Lois. If I had a reputation at all, it's in complete tatters now.

And a sleeper sofa is a great plan.

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[Private. Hard swallow.]

Might as well get it over with.

You know how I said it was just going to be one night?

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I don't think you really have to worry about a change in reputation, hon.

No kidding. Who knows who the next person to need the couch will be. One spare bed or sleeper plus the couch might make life livable. Or a futon. something.

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How long. Exactly.

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If you could pick up a catalogue on the way home we could go through them together. [ Guess who's way of saying he's taking time off work this is? ]

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Uh...

Well that's just it, I don't know how long it's going to be. The kid's still in a lot of shock right now, and he's not the only one I have to convince on the legitimacy of boarding houses.

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...A kid?

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What gave it away?

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You don't sound small.

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One found its way onto my doorstep the other morning.

[ Not quite. ]

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Is it yours?

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Fortunately not; because then I think Lois would really kill me.

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I'm not sure if I should be more relieved or disappointed. If you want to go clothes shopping I'm your gal, big kids or not.

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How about we save up that shopping trip for when I have to make it up to her? I don't think the kid could cope with a shopping trip, right now.

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[ He has over 9000 hoodies and hasn't quite decided to share them yet. ]

What are you doing with a child?

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You make it sound like I pulled him out of his mother's arms, Damian. He was left on my doorstep yesterday morning, believe it or not.

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Abandoned?

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Entrusted.

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First relationship advice, now a small child. Don't you think you're moving a little too fast?

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Point taken. To be fair, it was a surprise to both of us.

[ Yeah, you keep thinking that, Clark, and maybe some day Lois will forgive you for taking in strays. ]

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Surprise relationship, then a surprise child. How do you keep finding yourself in these situations?

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Because 'Trouble' is my middle name?

The relationship wasn't really that much of a surprise, though, to be fair.