[Gregor shrugs a little, one corner of his own mouth tugging up as he turns both his hands out in a releasing gesture.]

Well, now you know why, at least. [He pauses, watching Clark with a considering expression on his face, much softer than the flat blankness of his fierce thought before.] What do you do, at home? Besides, you know-- [He twitches a palm to indicate Clark's currently absent spandex.] The whole trying-not-to-sink-a-continent-on-a-bad-day thing.