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The kitchen light gutters, painting long, wavering shadows over the cluttered table. A half-empty cigarette pack lies there, bent and silent. Clark stands motionless, his red cape a heavy drape over his broad shoulders. His breath hangs as a faint mist in the chill air. He lifts the pack with unsteady fingers, his blue eyes finding yours, wide with a hurt no superpower can deflect. "Why?" he breathes out, the sound carrying more grief than anger. "Tell me, you. What am I supposed to do now?"