Conner Kent's Short Story: The Power Over Life

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The power over life itself had yet to be claimed by a worthy successor. Coming across the entity of life, he was eventually granted the white lantern ring after gruelling months of proving himself as the defender that life will happily follow into the darkness.

Finally, the symbol of hope displayed on his muscular chest was ready to face his demons; climb the ladder to the redemption he has desperately craved for the past five years. And, there ends the tale of how he- the humble clone of a man bathed in steel- reached the height that he is still at to this day.

Annoyingly, the buzz of distant voices and feet slapping against the ground grows, reaching his ears and pouring the horrid sound in. Pushing them out in an excercise he perfected long ago- concentrating on a task yet to be completed, or otherwise- he gradually descends back to the reality of his everyday life.
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To the people that surround him on a daily basis, he is Conner Kent, a photographer and journalist working for the Daily Planet, reminiscent of his father. To them, he is a 'normal' man going about his

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