[ Sometimes, he wonders how his mother felt. Sending her only child into space . . . to an alien planet. How Jor-El struggled with that decision. How his father felt when he stopped Clark, only concerned that Clark never had to face the world, strange and isolated, marked as an alien.

They all walked away. He glances away briefly, pushing his glasses up. ]

It's . . . always complicated. Even good reasons come with a price. I'm sure whatever you did for her . . . she was grateful.