Spike in the badlands...

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John: I could have Tess Mercer's entire defense division
descending on me any minute.
Lois: Exactly. So when you're free and clear Exonerated?

and planting your homestead spike in the badlands, Live happily ever after?

then I'll send you the sayonara. Leave him?

Avangi · Accepted Answer

MadhulkJohn: I could have Tess Mercer's entire defense division
descending on me any minute.
Lois: Exactly. So when you're free and clear Exonerated? It depends on the problem he has with Tess. One is usually "free and clear" of a financial obligation, but Lois likes to use stock phrases creatively. She may mean free and clear of Tess.

and planting your homestead spike in the badlands, Live happily ever after? "Planting your homestead spike" implies making a new beginning. The US government (a couple of centuries ago) used to give 160 acres to anyone who would farm them. Interested parties would form behind a line, someone would fire a gun, and whoever first placed his spike at a particular site could claim it. What happened after that was anyone's guess. Maybe happy; maybe not.

then I'll send you the sayonara. Leave him? I think so.

Madhulk · Answer

Thanks, Avangi!

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