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Clark Kent:
This isn't your battle.

Tess Mercer:
So that you admit it's yours. Clark, don't you see I'm doing this all for you?

Clark Kent:
For me?

Tess Mercer:
Yes.

Clark Kent:
You're so delusional, you put together a small army to make some fictional prophecy come true.

Tess Mercer:
Clark, the mark of a true hero is somebody who's willing to sacrifice his own personal morality to help keep the world safe.

Clark Kent:
No one has the right to choose who lives and dies. I was beginning to think that you were different from Lex. I was wrong.

Tess Mercer:
The difference is that he turned his back on you. But I still believe. I understand that if everyone was more like you, the world would be a better place. But the truth is that it's out of your hands now. You can't avoid your fate.

Clark Kent:
Lex did teach me one thing. The word "fate" is used by people who's lost sight of who they are. Why are you so determined to see Davis Bloome die?

Tess Mercer:
That's simple, Clark. An entire civilization's survival depends on it.