Lucy crossed her arms over her chest, her cape coming to settle over her chest as well. Downcast eyes looked at Superboy's friend for a moment before coming back up to look at Superboy.

She cringed at what she saw in his eyes.

At what she heard in his voice.

Eyes flared red for the briefest of moments before that light died out.

"I don't want your pity," she half-snarled. "I don't need your pity. Just because you suddenly have some hu-" she choked on the word, "humanity in you doesn't make you better than me."

He was right. There was a part of Lucy that was all too aware of the fact that on some level, Kon was right. General Sam Lane had used Lucy, and what was worse? She had let herself be used. She'd been so desperate to be the favourite daughter - to one-up Lois - that she hadn't seen what was happening.

A shadow crossed over her face. If it was possible for a human to turn into an alien, surely it would be possible for an alien to turn human, no? It would require some experimentation, but there had to be a way to reverse things. She looked at Kon with new interest. He had humanity that he didn't deserve. He had the DNA of one of the greatest men alive.

He didn't deserve that DNA.

But she had no way to extract it from him.

Yet.

"I hate this."