Lex: The two theories seem to be... I either ran the plant into the ground through incompetence, (because of that?) or did it deliberately so I could go back to Metropolis. Clark: Your dad already offered you (a long time ago as in before?) a job in Metropolis. Just tell people the truth.
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through incompetence = not able to do the job, not good enough already indicates action in the past, but not necessarily 'a long time ago'.
— Philip
through incompetence = not able to do the job, not good enough already indicates action in the past, but not necessarily 'a long time ago'.
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