Superman: Returns Xenia

Superman closed his eyes. Not in pain. In sadness .

"Everything that makes me feel alive is poison, darling," she said, standing. "You should know that better than anyone." superman returns xenia

She squeezed a chunk of hull plating. It crumpled like wet paper. Superman closed his eyes

She hit him again. And again. Each blow sent a little green crack through his suit, through his skin, through his calm . "Everything that makes me feel alive is poison,

She tightened her legs one last time. "Show me," she breathed, "what happens when you break ."

The impact tore her loose. The cold shock ate the last of the crystal's glow. She sank, spinning, limbs gone soft and human again.

He didn't push her away. He didn't punch. He rose . Straight up, through the clouds, into the freezing stratosphere. Xenia clung tighter, laughing, gasping, the green fire in her veins starting to flicker. The air thinned. The cold bit through her stolen invincibility.