Brainiac 5 jumped as someone else approached, and he half expected that it was Grell deciding to mock him next or maybe Luxord returning to do something else to him, but was surprised to see it was a complete stranger instead.

"I'm not--" he began, but the roughness of his voice and dampness on his face would have made that an obvious lie, so he shook his head and glanced away instead. "I'm fine. It's nothing you need concern yourself with."