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Zod:
How did you weaken me in the barn?

Tess Mercer:
You have your secrets and I have mine. Now we're even.

Zod:
I've waited a long time to savor the power of my Kryptonian birthright, and I will do anything what it takes to protect it. You must know that.

Tess Mercer:
In case if you hadn't noticed, Zod, there a few that can stop you.

Zod:
Which is why the information you have is so valuable.

Tess Mercer:
You talk like we're on different sides.

Zod:
You tell me. We are partners, after all.

Tess Mercer:
I doubt that you've only used yours powers for seduction.

Zod:
They certainly come in useful, especially when it comes to keeping an ear and an eye out for my competition.

Tess Mercer:
If you're referring to Clark, you may have met your match, but he's not your competition. *He's* one of *you*.

Zod:
But he stands apart. Read your own newspaper, Tess. With the help of a certain lovely reporter, The Blur has becomes humanity's new Messiah. Now, I may be able to fly, but the world would willingly follow him on foot.

Tess Mercer:
You're jealous.

Zod:
I want to know what gives him that power. And I want to know what will take it away. But you'll never tell me.

Tess Mercer:
Information is also power. But you understand that better than anyone.