Lex looked over at Bart (well, actually at Wags, who had the pb of looked just like the Bart from his world) and raised an eyebrow. Interesting that the kid could turn into some kind of a wolf-beast. Interesting indeed.

He then sat down, and turned his attention Mai. At her question, he simply smirked, then leaned back in his seat.

"No," was his answer to her, plain and simple. "You can all continue to stumble along blindly if you want. I won't stop you.

"I'm a patient man. I've waited months for you to finally find your way here; I can wait several more for the next group to come looking for your corpses."