And that... God, that hits him. That hits him right in the chest. He closes his eyes and he tries to think of what to say, what to do.
In this place, they have the time. They have the space. If they can't fix it here, then where the hell are they ever going to fix this? Clark refuses to believe nothing can be done. So he's going to do something.
In the end, he reaches out a hand and beckons Jason over. He's no idiot. He knows the kind of struggle Jason's going through, even if he doesn't know the whys, the hows. He knows a little about how the Pits work, as he'd told Loki, but he doesn't know specifically what they've done to Jason. But maintaining distance from each other isn't going to accomplish anything either. He's not afraid of Jason. He's not afraid of what Jason could do to him, and it goes well beyond a lack of Kryptonite.
It has to do with trust. He trusts Jason.
And if he knows anything, if he's learned anything, if he believes anything, it's that most of the time, people just need a little trust to start believing in themselves.
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In this place, they have the time. They have the space. If they can't fix it here, then where the hell are they ever going to fix this? Clark refuses to believe nothing can be done. So he's going to do something.
In the end, he reaches out a hand and beckons Jason over. He's no idiot. He knows the kind of struggle Jason's going through, even if he doesn't know the whys, the hows. He knows a little about how the Pits work, as he'd told Loki, but he doesn't know specifically what they've done to Jason. But maintaining distance from each other isn't going to accomplish anything either. He's not afraid of Jason. He's not afraid of what Jason could do to him, and it goes well beyond a lack of Kryptonite.
It has to do with trust. He trusts Jason.
And if he knows anything, if he's learned anything, if he believes anything, it's that most of the time, people just need a little trust to start believing in themselves.