Clark thinks about that. "He's been trying to get me on his side. If he made me distrust everyone else, maybe he was trying to set it up so he could 'save' me. So I'd trust him more." It seems really extreme, and if it is Fine, it tells him that Brainiac doesn't care about collateral damage. Because if Chloe hadn't been there at the right time, Clark would've murdered both his parents out of terror.

He blinks up at Victor, a little disturbed that this would've happened no matter what. "Homing system? Why do you say that?"