Clark held his hand over his mouth, his brow furrowed as he listened to his friend's tale.
"The lasso tells us that Hal believes everything he's said to be the truth. But it can't tell us whether his account is factually accurate."
Superman sighed, and looked out the window for a moment. "The variety of powers, and creatures, and alien forces we deal with... they make it hard to be certain of anything." He looked back, nodding toward Hal. "I hear a fantastic story like this one, and I can't help but think of how many ways someone might be using the memory of Hal Jordan against us."
He crossed his arms and continued in an earnest tone, "We can call Batman paranoid or reactionary- but he brings a perspective that none of us do. And we need to respect that"
He needed to be careful here, but he wasn't about to let the League fall into old patterns- with Batman immediately taking the role of outsider, and the team obliging by closing ranks.
"We can afford to take risks, risks humanity cannot. And Batman represents that view.
At worst we suffered some bruises when we fought Parallax. But think about the collateral damage from an attempt to destroy the world...the riots, the civil unrest, the economic fallout."
"If the JLA accepts Hal's story, the world will follow our lead and accept him. And a lot of people could very well pay the consequences for our mistakes- so don't take this lightly." He came to stand at Bruce's right, halfway between the Dark Knight and the rest of the League.
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