Jim nodded, getting up to help dry if Clark was going to wash. "I'm willing to try," he said. "The worst that can happen is that I find out I don't like it." But then, after a pause, he looked over to ask, "How much should we tell Lois about me?"

Clark knew better than he did. He'd not met Lois, even over the phone. That meant this was firmly in Clark's territory.