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Clark stared at him with amusement. The young man doth protest too much. But he wasn't going to press the issue. The kid was squirming enough. So, he just said: "He wouldn't?" Well, it sounded more like a question, but just enough to make the young man think that perhaps the unspoken question was: "How did Tony know if he didn't try?" Still, he let it lie. The young man seemed to be dealing with a lot in a short amount of time and Clark didn't want him imploding into a puddle because an investigative reporter was sniffing around and possibly exposing secrets.
"Iron Man?" he asked. "Do you like have your skin turn to metal?" He perked up a bit. "I knew a kid like that once." He paused. "He had to wear a mask, though. And he had a twin brother." But that was not the point. "He called himself Ferro Lad, though." He wore a bit of a sad smile. He wondered how he was. It had been a while since he'd had any contact with his Legion friends.