Lois just stared. "Okay, is it just a rule that those boys aren't allowed to have fashion sense? Clark may look good, but he says the idea was his mom's to begin with, so it doesn't even count."

Her smile faded after a moment, though, and she sighed a little. "He'd been wearing black for almost a year, back home," she admits. "He'd never shown his face, but he'd started out in red and blue--but things happened. So it was actually a relief to see him back in primaries, more confident again."