I wanna do both. If you're controlled by the Atroma - it means you may not have a choice in what you do. I wanna talk to you, I wanna help you - and Kara could help me do that.

[ yes, he's terrified of him. but admitting it isn't going to do him any good, is it? it would seem accusatory, and he's getting somewhere - he can feel it. he doesn't want to lose the little progress he's made. so he will insist that it's the atroma he fears, the atroma he mistrusts, and maybe that'll allow him his kryptonian buffer.

thank god they've restored kara's powers. ]

I'm your friend. Do you remember that? We're friends.