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POINT EIGHT:
"An Unconventional Child" |
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OVER
THE YEARS, CLARK GROWS MUCH LIKE OTHER CHILDREN, BUT IN TIME
HE BEGINS TO EXHIBIT SPECIAL ABILITIES AND STRANGE POWERS THAT
BELIE HIS TRUE ORIGINS. MOST NOTICEABLE, HIS PHYSICAL STRENGTH
IS SUPERIOR TO THAT OF ANY HUMAN. HE ALSO DEMONSTRATES POWERS
OF FLIGHT, ENHANCED SPEED AND SENSORY PERCEPTION (HEARING, VISION,
ETC.), WHICH HIS PARENTS LABOR TO KEEP HIDDEN FROM OTHERS. BY
APPEARANCES HE IS A NORMAL BOY, BUT IT IS RAPIDLY APPARENT
CLARK IS DIFFERENT. |
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SPRINGBOARD:
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AS HE
MATURES, KAL-EL EXHIBITS TRAITS UNLIKE OTHER KRYPTONIANS,
NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS AN UNINHIBITED NATURE. HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL
WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH OTHERS
GOES AGAINST SOCIETAL TRADITION. JOR-EL AND LARA ATTEMPT
TO DISCOURAGE THIS, AS THEY ALSO TAKE NOTICE OF KAL-EL'S DEVELOPING
PHYSICAL POWERS, FAR BEYOND THOSE OF OTHER MORTAL YET-LONG-LIVED
KRYPTONIANS. HE IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHERS, YET IS NOT PREOCCUPIED
WITH THIS FACT. |
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FROM
THE OUTSET, THE CHILD KAL-EL ACTS DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST OTHER
KRYPTONIANS. IN HIS FATHER JOR-EL'S OWN WORDS, "HE SPENDS
LITTLE TIME IN CONTEMPLATION AND SELF REFELCTION. INDEED, HE
APPEARS COMPLETELY UNCONCERNED THAT HE IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE
ELSE." HIS MOTHER REFERS TO HIM AS "AN UNCONVENTIONAL
CHILD" WHILE COMPARING HIM TO JOR-EL. THIS RECKLESS
AND INDEPENDENT STREAK TAKES HIM FROM HOME AS HE EXCAVATES RUINS
FROM KRYPTON'S PAST. HIS PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES ARE PARTIALLY ENHANCED
BY AN EXO-SKELETON HE WEARS TO SURVIVE, UNLIKE THE REGULAR BIO-SIUTS
WORN BY OTHER KRYPTONIANS - YET ANOTHER DIFFERENCE. |
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