Day 48: Intercom, Evening

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"AACHOO! Ahem!" The Head Doctor's slightly-better-but-still-congested voice came on clearly over the intercom. The sound of Nurse Lydia sighing and pulling out a tissue from somewhere in the background was also audible

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Such a failtard, Peter.

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Brainiac 5 and his nurse both stopped in the doorway and stared as Peter let out a yell of frustration. Neither seemed to know exactly what to make of the situation at first, and the nurse was the first to break the shocked silence.

"Tyler! Calm down, you'll upset your roommate and you don't want to do that when you two get along so well, do you?" she reprimanded sternly. "Now if there's a problem with your meal, you can let me know and I'll do my best to fix it, but if not, you'll just have to calm down and we'll deal with it in the morning, alright?"

That said, she pushed Brainiac 5 gently towards his chair, paused long enough to make sure Peter didn't have any legitimate complaints to make, then left the room.

Once the door had closed behind her with a final click, the Coluan directed a concerned look at the other boy. "What happened, Peter? Did something...?"

He couldn't see any physical problems, but it could have easily been something else that had made his frien- roommate that upset.

SUUUUURE HE IS

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Brainiac 5 opened his mouth to point out that wasn't exactly helpful, nor did it explain what exactly had happened that might have made Peter so... irritable. After all, almost everyone here had to have the same basic level of frustration with being abducted. There were few who thought that it was an improvementBut before he could mention any of this, Peter spoke up again and the slightly confused look on Brainiac 5's face deepened into a frown as Peter started something that quickly became a rant

YES, ACTUALLY. THAT WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED. ALSO GET SOME MUSCLES. :|

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[Oh god, bb, I am so fail with this tag I don't even. Dx]"It could have been an optical illusion, or something else to make you think he really had a screw through his head in order to unnerve you. Most likely it was just to keep you off-balance during the session." He shrugged slightly, and directed an apologetic, if brief smile at the other boy. "I'm not trying to say there isn't any possibility of him being dangerous, Peter, but a screw in his head? It doesn't work

ARE YOU SURE? ...gawd, they're totally team toothpick, aren't they? T__T

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[I MEANT HOW GODDAMN LONG IT TOOK ME TO TAG YOU. /dies]

Peter was quiet for a while, and Brainiac 5 had to wonder if maybe he'd said something wrong somehow. He hadn't thought mentioning Superman or the offer to listen to the other boy's concerns would be such a problem; everyone knew who Superman was, after all, and he hadn't made any connection between knowing the man of steel and Clark, so that couldn't be it. The only thing he could think of was that perhaps Peter was annoyed that Brainiac 5 hadn't taken him seriously about his claims the doctor had a screw through his head, but, well. Scientifically speaking, it wasn't possible, so there had to be another explanation for what his roommate had seen. It was as simple as that.

He was debating the virtues of trying to apologise again when Peter spoke up and a slightly relieved smile spread across his face. "I wouldn't say you complain that much," the Coluan said, a hint of amusement in his voice. "But I suppose it's possible I could have built up an immunity due to continued