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TWO THINGS.
FIRST, I NEED TO APOLOGIZE
FOR CALLING YOU A COWARD
BACK AT THE OFFICE. OBVIOL
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HEARTBEATS.
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MOVING. EVEN WITH
YOU AROUND, BIG BOY,
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CLARK,
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SUPERMAN SINCE
HE FIRST CAME ON
THE SCENE,
LATELY,
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HE'S GOTTEN SLOWER,
WEAKER, SLOPPIER.
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WAYS HE DION'T _/
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IT WAS LIKE YOU WERE TRYING TO REENACT
My LAST SET OF DATA. T BRUSHED IT OFF
‘AS A CO/NGIDENCE.
BUT THEN
I TRIANGULATED
THE LOCATIONS OF
ALL OF SUPERMAN'S
‘APPEARANCES AND
FOUND MORE
COINCIDENCES,
YOU'RE HIDING THE
BIGGEST SECRET
IN THE WORLD. _
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STARING:
TLCAN ACTUALLY TRACK HIS APPEARANCES NOW,
‘SO I'VE BEEN PUTTING IT ALL IN THIS DATABASE.
WHENEVER T GET A FREE MOMENT, I GO THROUGH
IT LOOKING FOR AATTERNS.
‘AT FIRST; I COULON'T FIND ANY-"
MAYBE A DART OF ME WANTED TO
/GNORE WHAT THE PATTERNS
WERE TRYING TO Sx.
YOU KNOW WHAT
FINALLY GOT ME TO
STOP IGNORING THE
PATTERNS?
AND THEN, JUST NOW,
THOSE NINYA GUYS:
POP OUT OF NOWHERE
AND YOU BEAT THEM TO.
‘SMITHEREENS. L/TERAL
ALREADY,
CLARK.
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