Oh sorry, commas are my friends heheh... I meant: what I was going through with Mortal, and with then then again regarding what Lex did to Lana in Promise. Both episodes, for me, impacted my view of Lex the way you describe above. (I just didn't go on about Mortal because I felt like it would make me a broken record (coming from my last entry)) As for the ambiguity, when the show didn't contradict Clark and Chloe in the next couple of eps (it's not their style imo to let something like that hang, they're pretty heavy handed about reveals) I knew they weren't going to reveal it as someone else's scheme...but yeah, Mortal and Promise were my "Progeny" so to speak :)