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Lex Luthor:
Two trips in one week. I'm flattered, dad.

Lionel Luthor:
What is this?

Lex Luthor:
It's my new proposal. I worked out how to cut the operating budget by twenty percent without losing a single job.

Lionel Luthor:
Lex, I specifically told you to cut your workforce.

Lex Luthor:
Why? With this plan, you don't get the bad P.R.

Lionel Luthor:
That's not the point.

Lex Luthor:
Careful, dad, you're getting emotional.

[picking up a fencing foil]

Lex Luthor:
We could always try a rematch. Are you afraid you can't take your son again?

Lionel Luthor:
You get one.

Lex Luthor:
One what?

Lionel Luthor:
One chance to defy me.

Lex Luthor:
I can't figure out what you hate more; the fact that my plan works, or that you didn't come up with it first.