- Lucy Lane: I know it's last minute, but I've had this school break, and I'm willing to sleep in the barn...
- Clark Kent: No, that's O.K, Lois can sleep in the barn
- Lucy Lane: Well, thanks for letting me stay, I don't know how to repay you
- Clark Kent: Well, just tell me plenty of embarrassing stories about Lois
- Lois Lane: You're going to realize that Clark's sense of humor is an acquired taste; much like his sense of fashion.
- Lois Lane: You're amazing, Smallville. You always look for the best in people even when they walk all over you.
- Clark Kent: I guess that explains why we're friends.
- Lois Lane: Oh, we're friends now?
- Clark Kent: Well, I won't tell anyone if you don't.
- Clark Kent: Do you ever miss not having a sibling?
- Lex Luthor: I used to. 'Till I met you, Clark. You're closer to me than any blood brother.
- Clark Kent: Any luck finding Lucy?
- Lex Luthor: No. All that turned up was the car minus my $50,000.
- Clark Kent: Look, Lex, I know that Lois feels really badly about this, but there's really no way she...
- Lex Luthor: Clark, I'm not here to collect. Besides, having Becker in custody is worth a lot more to me than fifty grand.
- Clark Kent: Your deal in Zurich. Well, I'm glad someone came out of this ahead.
- Lex Luthor: So, how's Lois?
- Clark Kent: Um, I don't know. She hasn't said anything all day. But I don't know why Lucy would run away. I mean, Lois is her family.
- Lex Luthor: Just because you have the same blood running through your veins doesn't make you family. Look at us, Clark. I'm a product of my father's breeding; he needed an heir. But your parents chose you out of love. I'd take your family any day of the week.
- Clark Kent: Have you two been catching up?
- Chloe Sullivan: Um, yeah, Lucy's just filling me in on all her hidden talents. She was a violinist for the Zurich Youth Orchestra.
- Lucy Lane: It was nothing. It's just a hobby.
- Lex Luthor: Given their reputation in Europe, I highly doubt that.
- Clark Kent: How are you holding up?
- Lois Lane: Oh, just got off the phone with the General.
- Clark Kent: Oh. That was all the screaming I heard from the house.
- Lois Lane: I want to know why you turned to a life of crime when you have everything in the world going for you. You're as close to fricking perfect as it gets!
- Lucy Lane: Because that's what the General always wanted. I just went along and played the part. From the day I left for school, all I wanted was to go home.
- Lois Lane: Well, why didn't you tell the General that?
- Lucy Lane: How could I? It was clear he didn't want me around. He wanted you.
- Lois Lane: What are you talking about?
- Lucy Lane: Why do you think he sent me off to school after mom died?
- Lois Lane: He sent you off to school because you were brilliant and deserved the best education available.
- Lucy Lane: Well, you can think whatever you want. But the fact is I always envied you.
- Lois Lane: Me? I was being dragged around the world like a spare piece of luggage.
- Lucy Lane: Yeah, but you had something I never had.
- Lois Lane: What?
- Lucy Lane: You had dad.
- Lois Lane: Luce... I don't think either of us ever had dad.
- Clark Kent: You know Marcus Becker?
- Lex Luthor: I know the man he works for. They're a German crime syndicate, and they've repeatedly block my attempts to buy a hotel in Zurich through intimidation and blackmail. If I get this guy in custody, I'll have something to squeeze them with.
- Clark Kent: So Lucy's just a pawn?
- Lex Luthor: No. I just have other reasons for helping her out.
- Lois Lane: When my mother died, my dad had two girls he didn't know how to deal with, so he did what every good military leader would do. He instituted a chain of command, and I reported to him...
- Clark Kent: Lucy reported to you.
- Lois Lane: Yeah. Takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level. I had to make sure she had three square meals, got to school, did her homework.
- Clark Kent: You became her mother.
- Lois Lane: Yeah, except I was... not prepared. I used to give her advice like, uh, you know, "don't kiss a boy or you're gonna get pregnant" and yeah, maybe she had a few more chores than most kids.
- Clark Kent: Is that why she decided to go to boarding school?
- Lois Lane: Uh... heh, unlike your family, there was no discussion. You know, when the General gives an order, you're expected to carry it out.
- Clark Kent: Whoa. Sounds kind of harsh.
- Lois Lane: Trust me, Lucy got the better end of the deal. I mean, don't get me wrong, she totally deserves it. But I... I guess there was just a part of me that was always jealous she got out and I didn't.