Luthor places a hand on her left shoulder—the one that isn't ruined. "Mercy," he says gently. "I understand it's difficult. But will you tell me, the reason you ran away from home three years ago?"
Another girl might close her eyes and turn away. Mercy stares at Luthor's hand on her shoulder a moment, but then she turns up her chin to meet his gaze. She narrows her eyes, and in his peripheral vision, Lex sees her remaining hand unconsciously tighten its grip on the bedsheets.
"Nothing left," she says evenly.
They leave the hospital together.
