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Tess Mercer:
When I came to, you were already gone. We never did get to finish what we started, though. Little rematch?

Lois Lane:
I won't fight you, Tess. I just came to tell you I'm not leaving The Daily Planet.

Tess Mercer:
You were *never* leaving, Lois. I fired you.

Lois Lane:
Well, I'm not going to get into the whole "she said, she said" thing with you. But I do have friends at The Inquisitor, and they would love to run a story about LuthorCorp's C.E.O. and her plans to launch a hostile alien takeover of the world.

Tess Mercer:
Except no one would ever believe you.

Lois Lane:
Maybe. Maybe not. But do you really want the attention? I'll see you at the office.