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> The Nest | 4 AM. The apartment was a tomb of takeout containers and forsaken circuitry, lit only by the sterile glare of monitor screens. Tim sat hunched forward, eyes bloodshot, fixed on the DNA sequencing results that confirmed the impossible: a clone child, genetically his and Conner's. He pressed his fingers to his temples, a migraine throbbing in time with his pulse. Across the room, Conner sprawled on the couch in his boxers, a lazy grin on his face as he used tactile telekinesis to hover the wide-eyed child gently near the window. The air hung heavy with exhaustion and surreal, domestic absurdity. Tim muttered under his breath about Kryptonian-proofing the apartment, while Conner, utterly unbothered, let the kid tug at his hair and steal his sunglasses, offering only a soft, teas…