If they took the time to explain it, I think they would say Martha "secured" it for him. She got him the tights and cape, so I'm guessing her and her Red Queen resources are the ones that whipped this up for him.
Totally just spit balling here, but that is how *I* would weave it into the smallville mythos.
Totally just spit balling here, but that is how *I* would weave it into the smallville mythos.