One: this takes place in Superman and Lois' world. NOT a D.E.O world at the core of the Arrow-verse or a world I created for my stories. There is no department of extra-normal Operations and Superman works with the Department of Defense. In that he works with his father-in-law General Lane
The Arrow-verse was full of enemies becoming friends and even more saturated with friends becoming enemies. Superman and Lois did things slightly differently in that the season 1 bad guy was revealed to be Clark's half brother and in the course of season two he became and ally and more of an actual friend and brother to Clark. Clark does come to trust and rely on him. His name was Tal-Rho.
I'm setting my story about a young Atraxian, a race that was a labor-class on Krypton, in THAT world not either of the continuities I created or Earth-38. In case you don't know, while this show is set in the same multiverse as Flash and Arrow and Supergirl, it's not Supergirl's version of Clark and Lois. It's thier doppelgangers/doubles on one of the few Earth's remaining after the mega-crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths. They actually have a history of people from other Earth's distinctly Dis-liking Kal'el specifically. Or another Earth's version of Kal'el causing some serious problems when he's just trying to do the right thing. So it's something they are sort of familiar with that gets turned on its head when they meet her. She's the inverse: An alien who's misunderstanding isn't with Kal'el specifically at all.
Sarrin's race are called the Atraxi. On Krypton she was raised to all but fear Kryptonians. Well she was raised to show them the utmost respect. Her people were a labor class on Krypton. Farmers, laborers and house-staff. Anyway after meeting Clark Kent, as well as Superman, she lives at his house everyday for a week before calming the quaking reaction. Superman or Kal-el had nothing to do with that nonsense and she holds the man no particular grudge.
One of Clark's friends asks her: Why do you keep calling him by his last name? Sarrin looks at her funny and says "Because I don't know his first name and he's wearing the symbol of the house of El."
One day Tal-Rho stops by to see his brother and reacts in surprise as Sarrin address him as 'Sajente'. After confirming she's Atraxian he tells her among other things she doesn't have to call him that.
"Sajen then." She says. "I'd feel weird not calling you at least that. I address Kal'el that way."
Tal-Rho tells her 'that I can deal with'. This sends her over the moon. Clark walks in and asks her what's made her so emotional, given the dignified restraint and composure she usually carries herself with.
"Going by my true name so often – Sasha is a name I adopted when I landed here and started going to school and everything. You're the first people I've met since secondary school to even know I'm an alien. Going by my native name of 'Sarrin' all the time is new for me – add to that meeting TWO Kryptonians I don't have to. – yeah goofy grin on my face."
In an undertone Clark asks his brother. "Is it that rare for her to meet a good Kryptonian?"
"It is that rare for her to meet two Kryptonians she doesn't have to essentially call 'master'. Good and bad don't enter into it for her. They...never could make that distinction."
Clark recognizes what he means. That the Atraxi weren't allowed to make a distinction between good and bad Kryptonians. They were required to address all of thier 'superiors' that way. And that Tal isn't being politic so much as considerate about it. As if he doesn't agree with it either...anymore.
"Tal, she's not the only one over the moon about this." Clark mentions as he walks away.
One thing I HAVE to remember to include is that when Sarrin met 'Superman' she recognized the symbol on his chest as Kryptonian but couldn't read it. She actually asked him 'if we were on Krypton, what would I call you'. Essentially asking his Kryptonian name. Tal-Rho's crest on the other hand she can 'read' just fine. Also that when talking to Clark and John Henry Irons, she defined 'Sajente' as how you would address royalty or heads of state and how any of her race would address ALL Kryptonians. And 'Sajen' as how you would address an officer of the law or a superior officer in the military. Clark, dressed in human clothes invited her to stay at his house. She accepted, but warned him that 'old habits die hard'. Meaning it will take a minute for her not to treat him as a superior.
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