Lois knows what it's like to push around Clark Kent, and after that time she playfully punched his arm and spent the next day shaking the sting out of her knuckles, she expects a bit of resistance.

"What? Yeah, Ms. Lane, Lois, whatever! Why didn't you answer?"

She frowns and jabs him in the chest with a finger.

"And DON'T give me attitude! I'm being pushed to my limits here!"