Though Clark knew that he had been right about Lois getting herself into something that she shouldn't have tackled alone – or at all, for that matter – he didn't find himself feeling all that satisfied in her apologies. Did they really matter when it was Lois' safety that had him behaving so persistently on the matter to begin with? That had been compromised. She had nearly died, right under his nose, and he knew that the fault was his own. Lawrence was his city now, just as much as Metropolis had been his back before he had fallen into the apocalypse. If someone got hurt here, they got hurt under his watch. Lois had gotten hurt under his watch. How could have missed her being attacked? How could he have let this happen to her?
Clark swallowed hard and shook his head. “Don't. It's okay. You couldn't have possibly known that they were going to take you on like that. It's --” He grabbed her hand and laced his fingers through hers. “-- just don't, Lois.” It seemed like she was done drinking the water for now, so Clark set it aside. “The important thing is that you're here. How...how are you feeling?” He'd probably have to call a doctor or nurse in. They'd want to look her over, run a few tests, ask a few questions about how she was feeling. The usual run-of-the-mill recovery stuff. With Lois awake, Clark really didn't want to have to put up with having to sit through hospital procedures, but he knew that it was in her best interest. Those bullet holes weren't gonna fix themselves.
He ignored her joke. It wasn't really a joke, was it? Clark didn't exactly plan on leaving her side anytime soon. If she thought he had been a pain before, then Lois probably wasn't going to like Clark's behavior much now.
"The doctors say you'll recover," Clark added, hoping that would make Lois feel a little better. He might've asked how she felt, but he knew that waking up from getting shot probably wasn't the most pleasant experience in the world. It had put her out for days and had nearly come at the cost of her life. If Lois wasn't feeling absolutely terrible, Clark was going to start questioning as to whether or not she was a robot. "You're just gonna need to take it easy for a while."