Kara: Why do you have Myriad?
Lena: Well, you caught me. I have Myriad because Iâm using you. Like you used me.
Lena: Do you remember when you finally told me that you were Supergirl? You were weeping big, crocodile tears. Well, I wept real tears. Bitter tears over you weeks before.
Kara: What? I-I thought... How long had you known?
Lena: I found out the day I killed my brother.
Kara: Lena, you didnât kill Lex. That was me. I watched him, I saw him fall.
Lena: You saw him fall, but did you see him land? Did you see him die? I did, and let me tell you, it wasnât pretty.
Kara: Thatâs impossible.
Lena: Anythingâs possible when youâre a Luthor. Lex used his transmatter portal watch. I knew exactly whereâd he goâthe cabin we loved when we were children. So, I was there waiting for him. Had the gun ready. Loaded. I could feel the weight of it in my hands. Every fiber in my being rebelled, but I didnât wanna do it, but I knew I had to because if Lex lived, the world wouldnât be safe. My friends wouldnât be safe. So, I forced myself to pull the trigger. I shot my own brother in the chest. His final words to me were that I was a fool. That my best friend, that every friend I had was lying to me. With his dying breath, he told me that you were Supergirl.
Kara: Lena, you have to believe me. I never meant to humiliate youâ
Lena: No, when I came to this city, I promised myself that I would never trust anyone again and... then I met you. You chipped away at my armor with your warmth and your earnestness and you convinced me to trust in people and friendship again, and against my better judgment, I did. All the while telling you about my Achilles heel: betrayal. I confided in you that everyone in my past had betrayed me. And that how much it hurt to have someone you love lie to you and betray you, and I spelled it out to you OVER and OVER again, essentially begging you not to violate my trust, BEGGING you not to prove that, once again, that I was a fool! You reassured me ad nauseum you would never lie to me and youâd never hurt me. And all the while, there wasnât a single, HONEST moment in our friendship.
Kara: No, no, that is NOT truâ
Lena: Now I killed my brother for you, for our friends! Donât you understand what youâve done?
Kara: When you found out, why didnât you come to me right away, so I could explainâ
Kara: If you hate me so much, why not out me at the Pulitzer party? Why pretend to still be my friend this long?
Lena: âCause I wanted you to experience what you did to me. Feel what I felt.
Kara: I understand your pain and your fury, and... and youâre right! I made a big mistake, maybe the BIGGEST mistake of my life, but please, Lena, please donât leave the Fortress with Myriad. Please donât let my mistake push you to do something terrible! You are a GOOD person!
Lena: NO! No, you donât ever get to tell me who or what I am again!
Kara: Did you reprogram Fortressâ defenses to attack me?
Lena: Yes. I rigged it to answer to this little button I have in my hand.
Kara: Are you gonna try to kill me?
Lena: No, Supergirl, Iâm not gonna kill you. Iâm not a villain. You shouldnât have treated me like one.
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