The child was an answer to the prayers of the childless couple, who considered raising the child as their own adopted son - as the recently-orphaned child of her North Dakota cousin.That evening in his apartment as he listened to TV reports of increasing tension and escalation by the Russian premier, a preoccupied Clark had completely forgotten about attending a formal Press Awards dinner with Lois.With grand-standing tactics and Commie-baiting witch-hunting delivered from the audience, ""Joe McCarthy-ish"" Senator Iselin stands - in the background - and delivers bombastic, arbitrary rantings about the Secretary""s conclusions, as his manipulative, domineering wife in the foreground - who has fed her words into her puppet husband and is the power behind the scenes - watches his diminutive image on a live TV monitor next to her [the same events are simultaneously displayed from different perspectives].It was caught in a vial by Blackbeard""s crew when they reappeared.Then she was left to perish with the other mermaids at the pools ("Secure her bonds - we leave her with her own").Afterwards, he descended into a secret passageway and tunnel, and entered into his abode - a secret cave at the bottom of a well.