Lois looks away. She feels... really bad about that. But it's been so hard to handle things, not least because Clark won't let her help. Him not being around, that's hard. Not being around for no sane purpose, that's even harder. Being emotionally shut out?

Yeah, Lois has not been handling things well.

"Not... as much as I should," she admits. "It's hard, given the things we can't see where authorities might hear. And I bet Evandau doesn't appreciate things like that being kept from him."