[Lois stares for a moment, then actually facepalms. Just barely audibly:] Not my shtick, and we are talking later. [Too bad Clark stopped listening in.]

Clark's issues are another discussion, and one between him and me.

Relevant, I promise: your boy's electricity, is it a 'must control at all times or bad things happen' type, a 'must control under unrelated stress' type, or 'only need to control when consciously activated' type?