[quote=@Vandy][color=39b54a]"I use a particle accelerator to simulate actual solar energy and pump the reaction through a filtration system into a mess of gears and other equipment to create enough kinetic energy to produce the electrical power you see in this room. Eventually I believe I will be able to power the entire city with a rock of this substance the size of a watermelon."[/color][/quote]
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Reed’s mind was whirring with all of the possibilities as he eyed Luthor’s machine. Lex was on the cusp of something great, something that could change the course of human history, and the thought of that had Reed so flummoxed that he barely even noticed the flickering lights as the rock was slid back into place. After a pause Reed looked to Lex and shook his head incredulously as he spoke.

[color=cornflowerblue][b]"Fascinating. The applications for this could be endless. If you could source enough of the meteor rock you could end mankind’s reliance of fossil fuel overnight. Global warming could be a [i]footnote[/i] in the history of the twenty-first century because of a handful of green rock."[/b][/color]

Beside Reed, Sue seems notably less impressed than her fiancé. She hadn’t skated over the flickering lights as easily as her husband had and she wasn’t as quick to forget Lex’s past. The Daily Planet ran an exposé several years ago penned by Lois Lane that linked LexCorp with several despotic regimes and militias cross the globe. It had been discredited since and Lane’s reputation had taken a hit for it but not [i]everybody[/i] had forgotten about it. She spoke up and voice the concerns that Reed was too overawed to give voice to.

[b][color=paleturquoise]"Could it be weaponised?"[/color][/b]

A shocked look appeared on Reed’s face.

[b][color=cornflowerblue]"Sue!"[/color][/b]

Sue ignored her fiancé’s protestations and looked directly at Lex.

[b][color=paleturquoise]"My husband is too polite to ask. I know you’re a changed man now, Lex, and your work with the Justice League has been nothing but exemplary since it started. But unlike Stark Industries, LexCorp still has some rather unsavory clients. I need to know that there’s no way this… [i]rock[/i] could be turned into a weapon."[/color][/b]

Beside her Reed seemed incredulous at the implication. Lex was a man of science first and foremost, as was Reed, and regardless of history there was no way that Richards could bring himself to believe he’d squander an opportunity like this. It was almost as if he wanted to believe it couldn’t be true. 

[b][color=cornflowerblue]"We’re talking about bringing an end to climate change. That’s the future of our [i]entire[/i] planet, Sue. What kind of simple mind would choose to place profit over that?"[/color][/b]

Sue smiled softly but kept her eyes locked on Lex.

[b][color=paleturquoise]"I’m not accusing anyone of anything, Reed, I just need to hear from the horse’s mouth that this isn’t going to become something… something [i]ugly[/i]…"[/color][/b]