Résumé: Six years ago on Krypton, Kal-El's parents take him on a camping trip to the Rao mountains. They tell him that his teacher contacted them about writing his assignments himself rather than using the Luminarium, and Jor-El tells Kal that he's breaking with three thousand years of Kryptonian tradition. Kal-El replies that writing his own words makes him happy, while the Luminarium's feel lifeless. His parents encourage him to keep doing it, even though it's hurting his grades and getting him in trouble, and say that they trust him to find his own path and follow his passions. Kal-El says that whatever he ends up doing with his life it will always lead him back to the Redlands and the life their family leads. Although they had been trying to put on a brave face for him, Jor-El is unable to stand hearing that and walks off without a word deeper into the caves to collect rock samples. That night, Kal overhears his parents sobbing.
Over the coming days after they return home, Kal notices that his mother