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Post by Megan on Jan 2, 2014 16:32:40 GMT -5
"I only know what Thor told me- for all I know, there's some stuff missing, but I guess his birth parents left him to die as an infant for being scrawny and deformed or something, it sounds like, and then his adopted parents didn't tell him he was... something else. When he found out, he sort of had a breakdown and, um, kind of tried to blow up his birth homeworld as a show of loyalty or something."
She gave him an intensely uncomfortable and grim lopsided smile.
"That didn't work, so he tried to off himself. That didn't work, so now he's our problem, I guess."
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Post by Clark Kent on Jan 2, 2014 16:38:25 GMT -5
Clark furrowed his brow.
It was a feeling that resignated with him quite strongly. Though he was suddenly more grateful than ever that his parents had sent him to Earth.
"So it's safe to assume Luthor knows about Loki."
His time spent away was looking more and more like the worst decision of his life. He'd left Earth's protection in the hands of people he believed in, only for them to drop drop the ball at at the most inconvenient of times.
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Post by Megan on Jan 2, 2014 17:10:14 GMT -5
"I don't know," Megan admitted. "Loki and Thor have kind of only recently started talking again, and I don't know what they actually talk about."
She paused. Out of the heat of the moment, and not having to look at Loki's stupid face while she thought about it, it was always easier to feel a belated guilty pang of pity for the little shit.
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Post by Clark Kent on Jan 2, 2014 17:19:11 GMT -5
Clark nodded, lips pursed.
"If Luthor does know than your original assumption that he was biding his time would more than likely be correct. Taking down a man is easy but a god, in so many words, would require meticulous planning."
He finished his coffee "There is also rumblings in London of a new Queen and here in New York of an old villian. We may be safe from Manhattan and Russia, but just like what happened in Gotham we could be looking at a new breed of problems."
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Post by Megan on Jan 2, 2014 17:42:55 GMT -5
"He's engaged," Megan said darkly.
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Post by Clark Kent on Jan 2, 2014 17:45:45 GMT -5
"Loki or Luthor? "
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Post by Megan on Jan 2, 2014 18:23:29 GMT -5
"Loki. To a f- to someone I know."
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Post by Clark Kent on Jan 2, 2014 18:25:28 GMT -5
Clark caught the hesitation "He's been a problem for you hasn't he?"
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Post by Megan on Jan 2, 2014 18:33:57 GMT -5
Megan almost- almost- blurted something really acid about how he'd been a problem for everybody, but she stopped.
"...no," she admitted. "Not until after I'd already jumped down his throat like... more times than I can count, pretty much for existing. And the reputation, sure, but-"
Megan grinned bitterly.
"It ended up costing me."
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Post by Clark Kent on Jan 2, 2014 18:39:28 GMT -5
He'd made similar mistakes in the past. So when he nodded, it was with a full understanding.
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Post by Megan on Jan 2, 2014 19:44:31 GMT -5
"Must be a lot easier for you."
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Post by Clark Kent on Jan 2, 2014 20:22:04 GMT -5
He smiled softly "It's never easy. And despite what they say I can't turn back time, I have to deal with my mistakes just the same way anyone else has to."
He understood her mentality, he was Superman.
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Post by Megan on Jan 5, 2014 21:29:32 GMT -5
"I owe you a favor after leaving you hanging for so long," she admitted. "It's been what, nine months? So much for Clark Kent's Pal, Megan Elness."
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Post by Clark Kent on Jan 5, 2014 22:02:42 GMT -5
"It's not like I was here for most of it" he smiled "and I've mostly been in hiding since I came back."
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Post by Megan on Jan 5, 2014 22:05:13 GMT -5
"Not like you missed much, either. I don't think anyone thinks even you could have stopped Times Square."
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