His immediate reassurance genuinely made her feel a little better. Maybe it was because of Kon's understanding, or Clark's forgiving nature, or one of a dozen other reasons. Whatever the case, she felt like maybe she did have a chance of being okay with him again at some point in the future. Maybe not right now, but sometime.
She glanced back at Kon with Clark's motioning and gave him another smile before returning her gaze to the elder hero. The smile faded as she thought about how to answer and to explain her own perception.
"It's easy with Kon," Hayley replied tentatively. "Bart, Invincible, Bruce, Tony- even Barry.."
Nope, not the right way to start. She began again. "I didn't draw that line, Clark. You did. You made Superman and Clark Kent different people. You talked to me in different ways, you stood differently, you wore different clothes, you gave different advice and reassurance.. I could tell Clark Kent cared about me, but Superman wasn't personal.
Kon and Bart and those guys? They treat me the exact same in costume or out of it. Half of them admitted right away about their other side. And, look, I'm not saying you should have trusted me with your secret. I wouldn't have trusted you. But you created two completely different people and expected me to like and trust them the same."
She lifted a hand to scratch at her hair. "I get it now.. That you're both. Or, I mean, logically I know it? It's kind of hard believing it- Like if you found out.. I don't know, that Lois Lane and Sharon Carter are the same person. It's going to take awhile to sink in."
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She glanced back at Kon with Clark's motioning and gave him another smile before returning her gaze to the elder hero. The smile faded as she thought about how to answer and to explain her own perception.
"It's easy with Kon," Hayley replied tentatively. "Bart, Invincible, Bruce, Tony- even Barry.."
Nope, not the right way to start. She began again. "I didn't draw that line, Clark. You did. You made Superman and Clark Kent different people. You talked to me in different ways, you stood differently, you wore different clothes, you gave different advice and reassurance.. I could tell Clark Kent cared about me, but Superman wasn't personal.
Kon and Bart and those guys? They treat me the exact same in costume or out of it. Half of them admitted right away about their other side. And, look, I'm not saying you should have trusted me with your secret. I wouldn't have trusted you. But you created two completely different people and expected me to like and trust them the same."
She lifted a hand to scratch at her hair. "I get it now.. That you're both. Or, I mean, logically I know it? It's kind of hard believing it- Like if you found out.. I don't know, that Lois Lane and Sharon Carter are the same person. It's going to take awhile to sink in."