[He actually looks hurt, and glances away. His dinner goes down on the swing beside them.]
I didn't say it wasn't an accident. Or might not be. He shouldn't be in there--he's frightened, and alone. I know all that, Lois. I'm just trying to be objective. There's more people than just Ford involved with this, so if you go in there with your mind made up, you're not going to be treating them fairly. Any of them.
[His hands go to the back of his neck. And now the other subject.]
I've spent the last nine years blaming myself for all the pain I see around me. Every time something bad happens? Guess what? It's alien; usually Kryptonian. It's there for me, because of me, or after me.
For the record, though? I'm probably one of the few people on this island who could do anything about it--and probably the only one who would.
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[He actually looks hurt, and glances away. His dinner goes down on the swing beside them.]
I didn't say it wasn't an accident. Or might not be. He shouldn't be in there--he's frightened, and alone. I know all that, Lois. I'm just trying to be objective. There's more people than just Ford involved with this, so if you go in there with your mind made up, you're not going to be treating them fairly. Any of them.
[His hands go to the back of his neck. And now the other subject.]
I've spent the last nine years blaming myself for all the pain I see around me. Every time something bad happens? Guess what? It's alien; usually Kryptonian. It's there for me, because of me, or after me.
For the record, though? I'm probably one of the few people on this island who could do anything about it--and probably the only one who would.