Lois listened, and it was almost amazing how easily she listened. She didn't take notes or pull out her papers until he was done and her eyes never wavered away from his unless he turned from her. When he was done, she nodded and pulled up her briefcase, opening it and pulling out a large stack of documents as well as a single notebook. She turned to the page she needed and held it out for Jim to look at.

"The left hand is the code names, the right hand is who my evidence has led me to. I've got all of my work here, all paper copies to keep it in one place only, so you can look through it and see if your conclusions lead you somewhere else. They're letter coded for correlation."

She swallowed.

"Thank you, James. Jim. I appreciate... I'm just going to say I appreciate your honesty."

Clark leaned over and squeezed her shoulder a little and nodded along, as he appreciated it too.

"Let me get us all some drinks. Jim, beer or pop?"