"They all had knives," Martha says. "But only one of them got me."
"All it takes is one," Superman tells her. "The more that hit you, the more will. But it could only take one strike to seriously hurt or kill you. You went out without proper protection, and although you got away this time, it might not have gone that way."
"I know... I shouldn't have been out there," Martha says. Her dad's disappointment is more of a punishment than anything he could dream up for her to do. "I screwed up. I don't know what I would've done if Drake hadn't showed up."
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Date: 2013-09-18 06:45 pm (UTC)"All it takes is one," Superman tells her. "The more that hit you, the more will. But it could only take one strike to seriously hurt or kill you. You went out without proper protection, and although you got away this time, it might not have gone that way."
"I know... I shouldn't have been out there," Martha says. Her dad's disappointment is more of a punishment than anything he could dream up for her to do. "I screwed up. I don't know what I would've done if Drake hadn't showed up."