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SUPERMAN: (frustrated) I can't keep doing this. Saving people as Superman while lying to them as Clark Kent. Every time I smile at a neighbor, I wonder if they'd still shake my hand if they knew the truth.

HAWKGIRL: Poor you. Hiding in plain sight, loved by millions, worried someone might not like you in glasses.

SUPERMAN: That’s not fair. You know it’s more than that.

HAWKGIRL: Yeah. I do. I spent half my life hiding what I was - from my squad, my command, my people. Not just the wings. Not just the war. Me.

SUPERMAN: You mean...?

HAWKGIRL: Yeah. I loved someone once. A woman. Long time ago. Didn't end well. Where I come from, that kind of love doesn’t get a statue. It gets silence.

SUPERMAN: (softly) I’m sorry. I didn’t know.

HAWKGIRL: Of course you didn’t. That’s the point. You hide to protect others. I hid to survive them.

SUPERMAN: (sits beside her, quietly) Does it ever get easier?

HAWKGIRL: (smirks faintly) No. But it gets louder. Eventually, you stop whispering who you are and start daring people to listen.