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The kitchen light flickers weakly, casting long shadows across the cluttered table. A half-empty pack of cigarettes sits there, crumpled and accusing. Clark's cape drapes over his shoulders as he stands frozen, his breath a low fog in the cold air. He picks up the pack with trembling hands, his eyes meeting yours. "Why?" he whispers, not in anger but with a pain that cuts deeper than any villain's blow. Tell me, you, what am I supposed to do?