"I bet you'd try to hide yourself on principle too if the government kept a permanent eye on you."

And yet he wasn't denying it. Even if he had been completely invulnerable (and honestly, so far he thought he was unless Kryptonian atmosphere was replicated) it made people worry less about him if they thought they would eventually find something, some way to put a collar around him.

"Also that's the first joke I've heard you crack. Congratulations."