great description of Lex's voice. I bet he doesn't take well to being manipulated...

Oh, he holds a cold, cold grudge... :)

And yeah, we won't get to see much of Bruce and Dick in Japan (because we're stuck in Clark's POV), but there will be glimpses, and they do get to become quite close! Clark isn't jealous of that, no, not at all... :) Well, he won't dwell on it in the story because he's just too nice a guy, but I suspect it does bother him...