Collector's Item

Jor-El checked the ship's systems: life support to cradle Kal-El on his journey, AI to teach him about his lost people and culture. So much hope and fear poured into such a tiny vessel.

"It's time!" Lara's voice was insistant. "The ship has to leave now!"

Jor-El sighed. He'd put off this moment as long as he could.

"I know. I'm sending it off now."

He smiled out the window where their teenaged son Kal-El basked in Krypton's healthy red sun. The Kandor Science Museum was welcome to the ship. Jor-El had never been so happy to be proved wrong.

the end
02 April 2003