Hayley understood not changing your mind about a decision, knowing what would result from it. She respected that tenacity. It was the same reason she still wasn't entirely convinced that Superman hadn't needed to be brought down a peg, even if her methods were the wrong way to go about it.

But like he would never understand the justice she sought from him as anything other than corrupt, she would never understand his refusal as anything other than selfish. She only hoped it was something they could move past. It meant placing a level of trust in him that was still relatively new to her and definitely uncomfortable, but Clark Kent, Superman, of all people, seemed like one of the best people to try with.

"Okay." It was her own form of agreement, struggling for the right words. "I mean, yeah. I want to try."