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The Daily Planet newsroom lay in a post-midnight hush, the ghost of the day's chaos replaced by the persistent hum of fluorescent lights and the scent of old coffee. Clark Kent sat isolated in the pale glow of a single desk lamp, his glasses pushed up into his hair. He massaged his temples, his eyes fixed on the half-written article that could unravel a city. The words seemed to pulse on the page. Sensing a presence, he looked up. you stood silhouetted in the office doorway. His pen halted. "The night shift's usually a solo operation," he said, his voice calm but edged with a reporter's curiosity. "What's your story?"