four : write me a beacon so i know the way [text]

[everylittlegirl]

is anyone else not having all fun and games?

[60% encrypted to Lex Luthor, Clark Kent (the elder), Bruce Banner]
[Hayley turns the video on, looking less than thrilled with life. Mostly, she seems exhausted and done with this place. Still, with her usual dry curiosity, she holds up a piece of green rock (looking roughly like this) to display to the businessman, the journalist, and the scientist.]

Do you know what this is? It's totally different from everything else here.

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[everylittlegirl]

Oh, it totally makes sense. You don't trust anyone here, including me. Except Lois, obviously. Which is great. You two are good together. [All her observations seem sincere, good and bad.]

So why don't you go back and update her on the situation so that maybe she can figure out what to do about it and I'll go back to doing business with Lex and pretending you're the good old American, country boy sweetheart that everyone thinks you are.

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[andaway]

If you think telling me I trust my wife's intelligence and common sense and making fun of my heritage will be an insult to me you really don't know me as well as I thought you did, Hayley.

And I'm not going to apologize for not sharing information that could hurt a good friend of the family with a teenager I've met months ago and is already working for Lex Luthor.

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[everylittlegirl]

It wasn't meant to be an insult. [Also said sincerely, with a hint of anger.]

If you think I'm working for Lex.. [She shakes her head, clearly upset about that, but jumps to a different thought.] Obviously I don't know you and you don't know me.. so we should just stop playing friends and go our separate ways, okay?

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[andaway]

[Later he will see how she could have been sincere about it. Right now he's a bit too miffed and frustrated at himself, his whole focus is going into avoiding lashing out.]

I'm not going anywhere, you know where to find me whenever you're ready to put this behind us. I do trust you, Hayley. I wouldn't have told you what I just did if I didn't.

I just can't share sensitive information like that one so easily.

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[everylittlegirl]

Bye, Clark.

[And she disconnects.]