"As long as you avoid energy research based on that thing, I think it sounds like a fine idea."
And Clark pointed at the contained hunk of kryptonite that Jim had tucked away against him. Lois's eyes went a little wide.
"You grabbed it?" and then she was pulling him down for a kiss, damn her split lip.
Thor walked around the couch to look at it, peering thoughtfully at the material.
"Is this the source of all of our troubles, then? Truly, it does not resemble any substance I have seen."
Clark looked at the kryptonite and then at the rest of them. This was the now or never, in a way.
"It's a piece of the world I came from, all that's left of it, irradiated by the explosion that destroyed it. I'm assuming that's why it can... weaken me."
Falcon nodded towards the still-healing cuts and bruises on his face.
"I was wonderin' how you got scuffed up. I saw you take down two giant metal HYDRA weapons without a scratch."
Clark nodded, then took the glass Steve had offered and drank the whole thing in one gulp. Once he had, he looked down at Lois who sighed tiredly and walked back over to Clint to get the rest of her wounds handled.
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And Clark pointed at the contained hunk of kryptonite that Jim had tucked away against him. Lois's eyes went a little wide.
"You grabbed it?" and then she was pulling him down for a kiss, damn her split lip.
Thor walked around the couch to look at it, peering thoughtfully at the material.
"Is this the source of all of our troubles, then? Truly, it does not resemble any substance I have seen."
Clark looked at the kryptonite and then at the rest of them. This was the now or never, in a way.
"It's a piece of the world I came from, all that's left of it, irradiated by the explosion that destroyed it. I'm assuming that's why it can... weaken me."
Falcon nodded towards the still-healing cuts and bruises on his face.
"I was wonderin' how you got scuffed up. I saw you take down two giant metal HYDRA weapons without a scratch."
Clark nodded, then took the glass Steve had offered and drank the whole thing in one gulp. Once he had, he looked down at Lois who sighed tiredly and walked back over to Clint to get the rest of her wounds handled.