"It's fine," Brainiac 5 answered automatically. "I'd rather have practicality, to be honest. Saying it shouldn't have happened won't change the fact that it did and there's little you or anyone else could have done regardless."
The silence that threatened to press in when they weren't speaking was a little unsettling, though the Coluan dismissed the concerns as paranoia about the institute of a night in general. All because it was night time didn't mean that they were in immediate danger, and the rooms were supposed to be safer.
Unless the nurses themselves removed you from them, that was.
His hand clenched a little and Brainiac 5 pushed the thought away. There was little point thinking about that now.
"No," he said, looking back up at the tall, pale doctor. "He only said they were an upgrade that would assist me, but nothing beyond that. I..." He hesitated. "Is there anything you can do until Peter returns? I don't like simply sitting here waiting."
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The silence that threatened to press in when they weren't speaking was a little unsettling, though the Coluan dismissed the concerns as paranoia about the institute of a night in general. All because it was night time didn't mean that they were in immediate danger, and the rooms were supposed to be safer.
Unless the nurses themselves removed you from them, that was.
His hand clenched a little and Brainiac 5 pushed the thought away. There was little point thinking about that now.
"No," he said, looking back up at the tall, pale doctor. "He only said they were an upgrade that would assist me, but nothing beyond that. I..." He hesitated. "Is there anything you can do until Peter returns? I don't like simply sitting here waiting."