" She was surprised by his attitude, and commented to Lois: "Is he for real?" Lois defended her friend Clark, and tried to steer Lacy away from her guileless friend: "100 percent, and I like him that way.Protesting hat she hardly knows him well enough to be married, she resolves o leave and spend a holiday week by herself at Lake Como to gather her thoughts ("just to know what I""m doing, just to be sure").With Jonathan""s help in distracting Anck-su-namun by challenging her to a fight, Alex was able to steal the Book of the Dead, and began reciting ritualistic incantations over the corpse of his dead mother.He had only written one poem each year, during the summer months, and never published his writings from his poetry book." Although Lois encouraged him to remain as a symbol of hope for humanity, and pointed to the S symbol on his chest, he flew off and went into self-imposed exile.