- Ryan James: I want you to have something.
- [gives Clark his Warrior Angel comics]
- Clark Kent: I can't take those.
- Ryan James: I don't need them anymore. I have you.
- Clark Kent: You like comics?
- Ryan James: I like this one.
- [holds up comic book]
- Clark Kent: [reading] "Warrior Angel." Why him?
- Ryan James: Because he protects people who can't protect themselves.
- Clark Kent: So you recovered yet?
- Ryan James: I don't know. But I'm definitely in love.
- Clark Kent: [looks at Lana] Join the club.
- Chloe Sullivan: Wow, you're like a modern day Kaspar Hauser.
- Ryan James: Who's that?
- Clark Kent: Don't worry. Chloe's the queen of obscure and irrelevant references.
- Ryan James: She likes you.
- Clark Kent: Yeah. We're friends.
- Ryan James: No, she wants to be more than just friends. I think she wants you to ask her to the prom.
- Clark Kent: Chloe? Yeah, right.
- Ryan James: No, really. She already picked out a dress. It's pink.
- Clark Kent: Ryan, you just met Chloe, and she hates dresses. And she's not exactly the prom type.
- Ryan James: Well, maybe she has a romantic side you never knew about.
- Clark Kent: Or maybe my mom hit you harder than I thought.
- Clark Kent: Who's chasing you?
- Ryan James: My stepfather and his new wife. They've been using me. My abilities. To steal. I wanted to stop, but they threatened me. They hit me. You have to protect me, Clark. You're the only one that can.
- Clark Kent: Ryan does say weird things. He even said that you want me to ask you to prom and that you already bought a dress!
- [Chloe slows down and smiles nervously, not able to say anything]
- Clark Kent: It's not pink, is it?
- Chloe Sullivan: Uh... Okay, I-I... You know, I was just looking at it, it's not like I actually bought it!
- Clark Kent: How would Ryan know that?
- Chloe Sullivan: [pauses] I don't know. Maybe he's an alien or called Miss Cleo. I don't know.
- Ryan James: Are you sure you don't want to know how Lana feels about you?
- Clark Kent: I prefer to find out on my own.
- Lex Luthor: I wanted you to have something.
- [Clark receives it and removes the cover]
- Clark Kent: A sword?
- Lex Luthor: It's a foil, Clark. Every hero should have one.
- Chloe Sullivan: Hey, Zorro, what's with the sword?
- Clark Kent: It's a foil.
- Chloe Sullivan: I'm guessing it's a gift from our favorite millionaire playboy.
- Clark Kent: He's thinking of moving back to Metropolis.
- Chloe Sullivan: Well, I'm still here, Clark. I'm not going anywhere.
- Lex Luthor: You know what those emperors you're so fond of talking about were really afraid of? That their sons would become successful and return to Rome at the head of their own army.
- Lionel Luthor: You think you can find your future in Smallville? I'm your future. Join me, Lex. Join me in Metropolis. How long have you been waiting to hear me say those words?
- Lex Luthor: I've waited to hear other things from you for a lot longer. I'll return to Metropolis when I'm ready.
- Clark Kent: Someone I can trust and will always be there.
- Lana Lang: That's just how I see you, Clark.