Brainiac 5's lips twitched upwards into another faint smile. "A twelfth level intellect, actually," he said smugly. "So yes, 'some kind of freaky genius'."
The smile vanished however when he realised Peter had started laughing at him. While he liked to think he could appreciate a joke as well as anybody else, it was another matter entirely when the joke was clearly on him.
"You're right," he said stiffly. "There was no way I could have seen it before." Unless Bouncing Boy had decided to show it at some point, but unless it was an old Earth horror movie, it was highly unlikely. "And I wasn't aware that making fun of someone because they haven't seen some obscure ancient Earth show was considered a good idea after you'd just met."
Brainiac 5 pushed away his plate and drew his notebook closer. If Peter was going to resort to making fun of him, then he would rather start doing something more productive with his time. He'd had more than enough of defending himself and his beliefs to others. When Peter spoke again though, he paused and deliberated for a moment before deciding it wouldn't hurt to answer.
"Currently I'm part of the Legion of Super Heroes. We help out with a variety of problems on Earth and other planets. I suppose I am a significant member of the team; if I didn't continually repair our technology, we'd no doubt be useless within a week, and my inventions have been rather helpful. But it's hardly the same situation as it was..." He stopped and frowned. "Never mind. What about yourself?"
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The smile vanished however when he realised Peter had started laughing at him. While he liked to think he could appreciate a joke as well as anybody else, it was another matter entirely when the joke was clearly on him.
"You're right," he said stiffly. "There was no way I could have seen it before." Unless Bouncing Boy had decided to show it at some point, but unless it was an old Earth horror movie, it was highly unlikely. "And I wasn't aware that making fun of someone because they haven't seen some obscure ancient Earth show was considered a good idea after you'd just met."
Brainiac 5 pushed away his plate and drew his notebook closer. If Peter was going to resort to making fun of him, then he would rather start doing something more productive with his time. He'd had more than enough of defending himself and his beliefs to others. When Peter spoke again though, he paused and deliberated for a moment before deciding it wouldn't hurt to answer.
"Currently I'm part of the Legion of Super Heroes. We help out with a variety of problems on Earth and other planets. I suppose I am a significant member of the team; if I didn't continually repair our technology, we'd no doubt be useless within a week, and my inventions have been rather helpful. But it's hardly the same situation as it was..." He stopped and frowned. "Never mind. What about yourself?"