Brainiac 5 shifted uncomfortably, looking between both of his closest friends here as they blamed themselves for not being there with him last night.
"No," he said suddenly, shaking his head vehemently and ignoring the spike of pain it sent through him. "It's not your fault, either of you. It was... better that way. That you didn't find me."
Because if they had been there, if they'd found which room he was in before the procedure was complete, then the doctor might have decided to ask them if they wanted to take his place. And he didn't doubt that either of them would have done exactly that.
He couldn't have lived with himself if that had happened, so he was determined to make sure they didn't blame themselves over what happened to him.
Unfortunately, he wasn't sure if that might have been too much to say and they'd start suspecting something, so Brainiac 5 quickly made an attempt to alter the topic. He made himself straighten up and focus on the Doctor again.
"Maybe we should instead try and find out what the upgrades are intended for?" he offered, purposely avoiding direct eye contact with Peter. He could understand his roommate's paranoia, but considering what the doctor working on him had said last night, Brainiac 5 didn't think whatever he had been given would be entirely dangerous or useless. Not to mention that not using it wasn't going to remove what had been implanted, so he may as well utilise it.
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"No," he said suddenly, shaking his head vehemently and ignoring the spike of pain it sent through him. "It's not your fault, either of you. It was... better that way. That you didn't find me."
Because if they had been there, if they'd found which room he was in before the procedure was complete, then the doctor might have decided to ask them if they wanted to take his place. And he didn't doubt that either of them would have done exactly that.
He couldn't have lived with himself if that had happened, so he was determined to make sure they didn't blame themselves over what happened to him.
Unfortunately, he wasn't sure if that might have been too much to say and they'd start suspecting something, so Brainiac 5 quickly made an attempt to alter the topic. He made himself straighten up and focus on the Doctor again.
"Maybe we should instead try and find out what the upgrades are intended for?" he offered, purposely avoiding direct eye contact with Peter. He could understand his roommate's paranoia, but considering what the doctor working on him had said last night, Brainiac 5 didn't think whatever he had been given would be entirely dangerous or useless. Not to mention that not using it wasn't going to remove what had been implanted, so he may as well utilise it.