[She's right, that's why he never gets angry. And maybe if he just admitted it, not in a self-defeating way, they might not be arguing over it at all. Instead he just looks away.]

It felt right at the time. That's... That's all I can tell you, Lois. And as for contradiction I was contradicting myself long before then. My reasons--they can change in a heartbeat.

I told you who I was, Lois, and then I saw the whole world turn against me. But even so? It didn't make me want to tell you any less. It made the pain of knowing that you would have been there for me that much harder to bear.

And I should have said something. I lied to you.