Brainiac 5 folded his arms and arched an eyebrow. "So far you've failed to explain what 'Landel's Institute' is and why I should be concerned about being here, you avoid explaining your increasingly random actions, including your conduct just now, and you persist in calling me 'Doogie'," he said, ticking each point off on his fingers as he spoke.

He watched the spark carefully, deciding not to get too much closer in case Elle decided to go back to attacking him or whatever else she had been doing last time. "Besides, considering both our current conditions," an expansive hand gesture took in her bleeding arm and possible head injury as well as his own slightly shocked and tired self, "a short rest would be entirely beneficial."