Dr. Leo Quintum: [staring at a computer display] Superman? I'm not sure how to tell you this...
Superman: Tell me straight.
Dr. Leo Quintum: Your trip to the sun overexposed your cells to solar radiation ... more than even your body can metabolize.
Superman: [looks down his hand] I see it ... like tiny fireworks beneath my skin.
Dr. Leo Quintum: Your cells are over-saturated with power. They're bursting from within.
Superman: I'm dying.
Dr. Leo Quintum: I'm sorry, Superman. If I hadn't tried to steal fire from the sun, none of this would have happened.
Superman: Don't apologize. You couldn't have known.
Dr. Leo Quintum: But he knew. It was his plan all along. Luthor used me to kill you.
Dr. Leo Quintum: We engineer new forms of humanity here for the eventual betterment of mankind. You're our inspiration, Superman. And I promise we'll find a way to save you.
Lex Luthor: Give it back! I saw everything! I saw how to save the world. I could have made everyone see. If it wasn't for you, I could have saved the world.
Superman: If it had mattered to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago.
Lex Luthor: (whispers) You're right.
