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[Okay. Kon takes a deep breath, then turns on his camera and smiles.]

Uh, hey everyone. It's me, Superboy. [Obviously.]

So, the thing with Rex. That was... that was pretty bad. And I helped with stopping him, cause I'm a superhero. And that's what I do back home. The bad guys do something evil, with mind control or a death ray or something else just as bad, and me and my friends save the day.

[His face gets a little more serious.]

Of course it doesn't go smoothly all the time. People die. Good people. Heck, I died. Luckily, the staying-dead rate isn't as high as it should be, but still. Not everyone comes back. And every time, it hurts.

It hurts even when it's not a friend or a loved one. Even when it's one of the villains. Even when they do come back. Even when you know they will. Losing people? Hurts. And no matter who it is, they've got someone who'll miss them.

[He stops for dramatic effect, then looks straight into the camera.]

That's why we don't kill. It's not our job. We save the world, we hand criminals to the cops, we've even been known to testify in court, but we don't kill. And we shouldn't here either. I'm talking to the Wardens and Inmates alike. Killing? Wrong. Always. Full stop.

And yeah, I get that there's not always a choice. I get that sometimes it's more complicated than that. Sometimes, good people have to do bad things.

But if there's any other way, even here, where death isn't permanent?

You take it.

That's all.

[Locked to Tim]

[Kon drops the happy look because hey, talking to friend, and agh, this is stressful.]

Oh my god, your dad is scary. Obviously. He asked me to do what Superman does. Me. You know, in the being an example or inspiration or whatever to everyone. I don't know if I can.

...Clark would have done the whole "Don't kill" speech better.

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[Oh dear God. It's a while before he answers because lol his morals have gone gray and he doesn't want to tell Conner about it yet. :c]

I don't know, I think you pulled it off pretty well. Be prepared for the typical people trying to mock you for it, but that's par for the course, here.

You can do whatever you want, you know. [As in, he can be an inspiration, and/or he doesn't have to listen to Bruce on this.]

[...Kon will not approve, dude. Not at all.]

Hey, I can take some mocking. I've got a sense of humor and all of that.

You really think I pulled it off?

[He sighs and looks down.]

Man, I don't know. But like, Superman has always been my goal in life, and... what he does is important.

And Batman is really, really convincing. He kept talking about how he didn't want Clark Kent, he wanted me or something. I guess I'm trying it?

[Preeeecisely. :c]

Yeah. You said what you wanted to say, dramatic pauses and all. [There's a bit of a smile there, at least.]

Conner, of course he's convincing. He's talked criminals into walking into the station and turning themselves in. [And a shrug.] There's no harm in trying it. Call it practice.

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What poise. What authority.

How old are you again? Three? Not, of course, that that has any bearing on the matter. I'm just impressed you scraped it together!

It takes balls, you know. To have less life experience than a toddler, yet still lecture a community of thinking individuals about what's right and wrong, according to your moral system. I'm so glad you shared, Superboy.

It was a good laugh.

Are you really gonna question my experience? I have literally been a superhero all my life.

And, you know, there's the thing where I'm not insane.

Yeah. All three years of it. And you've known nothing else, isn't that right? That surely doesn't make you incredibly limited or biased in any way.

As you yourself said, sometimes good people have to do bad things. Killing people doesn't make a person crazy. The Joker is crazy. Me? I'm just a guy with strong principles.