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Post by Lex Luthor on Aug 11, 2016 21:15:41 GMT -5
"So let's call it redemption" he was straight faced and completely sober. Something about being emotionally vulnerable for just that moment cleared his head. "In your eyes I don't deserve any of it and you may be right but I'm going to keep working at it until I do. None of it will erase my past grievances and I gladly accept them as such as a reminder that my mere existence is enough to cause venom to pour from people's mouths. I've hurt everyone and I'm no fool, it will take more than a few promises to show my worth, but mark me Ms. Elness I will prove you wrong. I will prove my ex wife wrong, I will prove Superman wrong, I will prove the world wrong."
He walked toward the door and stopped "I apologize for the inconvenience, I promise this will be the last you see of me for a while." He opened the door and walked out leaving it slightly ajar as he did.
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Post by Megan on Aug 11, 2016 22:27:01 GMT -5
"Lex-"
Despite herself, she ran after him.
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Post by Lex Luthor on Aug 11, 2016 22:31:28 GMT -5
He didn't smile as he stopped, he turned just as stone faced before "Please, I don't want to cause you anymore problems-"
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Post by Megan on Aug 11, 2016 22:51:23 GMT -5
She was thinking of someone else entirely, sitting at the other end of a long table in an otherwise empty restaurant, with a low, hollow voice.
"Saying you're going to change doesn't mean anything," she said slowly. "I need to know what you mean by that."
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Post by Lex Luthor on Aug 11, 2016 23:07:34 GMT -5
He stood there a little stunned before speaking "I don't want to hurt anyone anymore" it was a convincing lie. He almost believed it himself. "When I was a boy I wanted to save the world, but I allowed years of jealousy, narcissism and bigotry to cloud my mind."
He stuffed his left hand in to his pocket "I never stopped wanting to save the world, but I was fighting the wrong people. Superman said, for all my gifts, for all my intelligence I could have advanced civilization by centuries but instead I squandered it, kept it to myself, used it to hurt instead of help. I am determined to change that now."
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Post by Megan on Aug 13, 2016 22:06:25 GMT -5
"Those are pretty big words," Megan said, leaning on the railing. "And how do you know you'll really be helping?"
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Post by Lex Luthor on Nov 11, 2017 18:25:18 GMT -5
"I won't until I do" he said with a nod "and isn't it worth trying?"
For a moment he almost convinced himself, there was truth in his words. He wanted to help, he wanted to save the planet, but it was bogged down by greed and anger. He knew he'd have to get what he wanted before he could give what they needed.
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Post by Megan on Jan 1, 2018 1:41:27 GMT -5
Megan waited there for long moment, weighing things in her mind. She had to physically prevent herself from looking back at the house. Thor wasn't home, but...
She slowly descended the stairs.
"Show me, then," she said, coming closer, until she was standing in front of him.
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Post by Lex Luthor on Jan 6, 2018 1:13:29 GMT -5
"I'm sorry-?"
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