Lois smirks. She can't help it. The intense ramble is kind of adorable and clearly he is off his game. That's when her reporter instinct usually tells her to strike, but she's got more important things to worry about at the moment.

"Well he's the kind of person who definitely shouldn't be wearing it. Not that anyone past 1985 should really be giving spandex serious consideration, but he's got this hipster look that works for him, in an pretentious kind of way."

There's a beat.

"Plus there's no ruling out that the rift might have shoved him into it - in which case I get mocking privileges."