"We are screwed either way. He will learn that you were cured. And will wonder how..." April sighs.

She gently hugs him when he sits, to act as support and to just bloody hug him. "The only thing that hurt about that damn rock was seeing the state it put you into. And how it changed you."

"It was worse than seeing Kal. Or Kal-El." Mostly because neither his red kryptonite side or the brainwashed side viewed her as the bad guy. April really hated feeling the betrayal that Clark was infected with. "It twisted all my words and actions. Thank goodness Victor got through to you."