Smallville2001

Lionel Luthor:
I've been expecting you, Kal-El.

Clark Kent:
How long have you known?

Lionel Luthor:
From the moment I held in my hand the crystal that helped to form your Fortress of Solitude.

Clark Kent:
The one that put you in a coma.

Lionel Luthor:
Coma. I'd like to think of it as a... a state of... contemplative repose.

Clark Kent:
You've known my secret for almost a year.

Lionel Luthor:
Yes.

Clark Kent:
Why haven't you done anything?

Lionel Luthor:
What? Expose you to the world? Some strange visitor from another planet? I've tried to tell you, I am not your enemy. To reveal your secret would... change your destiny. And it would harm someone I care about very deeply.

Clark Kent:
You had a choice. To kill my mother or to kill yourself.

Lionel Luthor:
I could never harm your mother. There was no choice.

Clark Kent:
Yeah? Unless you knew the gun wasn't loaded.

Lionel Luthor:
You have no reason to believe anything I say, I realize that. But I hope eventually you will come to trust me. I only want what's best for you and your mother, son.

Clark Kent:
You don't call me that. Jonathan Kent was my father.

Lionel Luthor:
No, I'm not trying to take his place.

Clark Kent:
You couldn't. My mother seems to think there may be some good in you, but I'm not so sure.

Lionel Luthor:
It takes time, Clark. Maybe you will be.

Clark Kent:
Or maybe you'll just show your true colors. Secret or no secret, you stay away from my mother, or you'll wish I never saved your life.