Man of Steel Page #5

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...accomplishing wonders.

What happened?

Artificial population control

was established.

The outposts on space exploration

were abandoned.

We exhausted our natural resources.

As a result,

our planet's core became unstable.

Eventually, our military leader...

...General Zod, attempted a coup.

But by then it was too late.

Your mother and I foresaw

the coming calamity...

...and we took certain steps

to ensure your survival.

This is a genesis chamber.

All Kryptonians were conceived

in chambers such as this.

Every child was designed to fulfill

a pare-determined role in our society...

...as a worker...

...a warrior, a leader and so on.

Your mother and I believed Krypton

lost something precious.

The element of choice, of chance.

What if a child dreamed

of becoming something...

mother than what society

had intended for him or her?

What if a child aspired

to something greater?

You were the embodiment

of that belief, Kal.

Krypton's first natural birth in centuries.

That's why we risked so much to save you.

Why didn't you come with me?

We couldn't, Kal.

No matter how much...

...we wanted to.

No matter how much we loved you.

Your mother, Lara, and I...

...were a product of the failures

of our world as much as Zod was...

...tied to its fate.

- So I'm alone.

-No.

You're as much a child of Earth now

as you are of Krypton.

You can embody the best of both worlds.

A dream your mother and I

dedicated our lives to preserve.

The people of Earth

are different from us, it's true.

But, ultimately,

I believe that's a good thing.

They won't necessarily

make the same mistakes we did.

Not if you guide them, Kal.

Not if you give them hope.

That's what this symbol means.

The symbol of the house of El

means hope.

Embodied within that hope

is the fundamental belief...

...in the potential of every person

to be a force for good.

That's what you can bring them.

Why am I so different from them?

Earth's sun is younger and brighter

than Krypton's was.

Your cells have drunken its radiation...

strengthening your muscles,

your skin, your senses.

Earth's gravity is weaker,

yet its atmosphere is more nourishing.

You've grown stronger here

than I ever could have imagined.

The only way to know how strong...

...is to keep testing your limits.

Unh!

Uh-- Oh.

Whoa!

You will give the people ofEart/v

an ideal to strive towards.

They'll race behind you.

They will stumble.

They will fall.

But in time...

...they will join you in the sun, Kal.

In time...

you will help them accomplish wonders.

How do you find someone who has

spent a lifetime covering his tracks?

You start with the urban legends...

- ...that have sprung up in his wake.

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