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[man_of_stee_ll]

And yet...I do not ask for tribute. There will be no twenty-foot high Luthor statue in a public place. There will only be changes. Done for the better of this world. THAT, is thanks enough for me." Lex Luthor's answers ring from the camera set up in his office. His eyes turn and focus on one of the other screens near him, beaming images in

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[miss_kowalski]

Kitty stands directly behind the production assistant currently waving a hand.

She certainly wasn't going to be the one waving at her boss. Idly checking her manicure (perfect, as usual), Kitty waits and occasionally looks down at the slim Blackberry clipped at her waist.

[man_of_stee_ll]

Luthor ignores the assistant for a moment, giving a glance. After repeated waves, he finally turns his full attention to her.

"What?!"

"....what? Are you...is it live? No...its pre-taped. So by the time you return home, you should be seeing it on the delay. As a matter of fact, go there and watch it. Repeatedly. Because you no longer have a job to worry about interrupting your viewing....GET!"

[miss_kowalski]

As the assistant sputters, Kitty looks over at her and smiles, a thin humorless slice of a smile.

"Thank you... Michelle, is it? Michelle. I'd recommend heading home, and I'll try to do what I can to mitigate the damage here."

Watching Michelle stalk away, Kitty turns back and waits for Luthor to finish.

[man_of_stee_ll]

He notes the red light blink off, noting the show gone to commercial.

"What the HELL was that? And what's a Shreck anyway?"

[man_of_stee_ll]

--------------------The next day, same office------

"HE showed up!?" Lex has flown into a normal one of his rages. "this wasn't his press...this wasn't FOR him!" He fumes, stalking around the room. "Who the hell allowed him entry? He's doing it again! Taking the focus where it needs to be and putting it onto him!"

[miss_kowalski]

Dressed in a slim pencil skirt and white button down shirt, Kitty is the model of calm and efficency. A pair of librarian-style glasses sits perched on the end of her nose, as she looks over the lenses at the frothing mess her boss has become.

There's a part of her that understands his seemingly unreasonable dislike of the man that everyone else in the world seems to love.

The rest of her just hopes that he never decides to point all of that rage at her.

So Kitty waits, holding a thin sheaf of papers listing out the reporters and other press that had received invitations to the press conference.

[man_of_stee_ll]

He stares out the window, resting his arm, and his forehead against the sleeve.

"He did it again. I'm doing the right thing. And he won't let it. He showed me up again.Again! Why?" With that, Luthor whips about, staring a hole into her.

"He's going to force my hand. I should have taken care of this when I had the chance. Left him...broken. Defeated! Left him just in a heap of his own failure. He can't...he won't take this from me."

[miss_kowalski]

There's only one thing that she can think to say in response to this.

"What are you going to do about it?"