"Is that all it's been?" It feels like so much longer, to Clark, and he has no idea how long he was unconscious in the Zone after Raya found him. "It feels like... days. There's no time in the Phantom Zone."

"I got, uh, rescued by a friend of my father's. He sent her to the Zone before Krypton was destroyed, to keep her safe. She gave me this." He holds up the crystal, the one he used to vanquish Zod. "There's a pedestal in the Zone with the same symbol, that can only be activated by my family's blood." The way he says it seems to imply more that the blood is literal, instead of just some sort of familial power. "It's what sent me back." And by the looks of him, it wasn't easy, nor were they unopposed.