Chloe: Lex knows your weakness and he could kill you. Clark: That doesn't mean I'm supposed to kill him first! Lex and I are not in a battle to the death. Chloe: Open your eyes, Clark! Why have you not done anything yet? Clark: I'm focised on the future. I don't want to live in the past. Chloe: But that's exactly what you're doing. You think Lex to be the same man you saved 8 years ago. You're not recognizing the monster he's become. Clark: So because I'm not gonna kill someone, I'm in denial? Act against his rules?
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Being "in denial" is refusing to believe the obvious, usually because accepting the truth would be painful. "
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Being "in denial" is refusing to believe the obvious, usually because accepting the truth would be painful.
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