The Coluan stared and listened intently, dark eyes barely blinking as they registered the conversation and stored it away. It was by no means a recording, no, but the information held within this conversation was far too precious not to be kept in files for later use. It was the best part about the various Humanoid species of Earth: they could confirm their own scientific studies. Sure, there was a myriad of less than conversational creatures crawling on this rock’s surface, but offered nothing without unnecessary destruction of the habitat or, worse so, the organism itself. Even with their own additions of futuristic technology, Brainiac tech was not meant to be used with many of the same… Morals as the Universe at large. Querl stuck to the research already done for them for that.
They stared at the offered food for almost as long as they were staring at Bruce, gingerly taking it from his grasp and observing every angle, every fleck of glutenous fiber that constructed the consumable. “As I’ve observed in most species, yes. There are a surprising amount of living beings that follow similar principals, needing to sustain themselves in order to survive. Though-” Cutting themself off, Querl tossed the bit of pretzel to the waiting pigeons, watching the mass swarm on the morsel with a little bit of childish glee. “There are very obvious differences based on planetary structure and growth conditions.”
Sitting back on the bench, flicking absent blond synthetic hair out of his sightline, Querl watched the sky, feeling the rare ultraviolet ray spread across green skin… Rather, just the uncovered portions of their face. “Not at all,” he chuckled, arms crossing loosely over the symbol of the Brainiac Matrix spanning their uniform’s chest. They’d barely realized how relaxing it was to be in the company of a fellow intellectual, someone who wouldn’t see them as a threat just because of Vril’s reign of terror. “My species abandoned most need for sustenance long ago, before the matrices were even implemented. If I were to compare our structure I would say… It’s quite similar to your plant life. Remarkably so, in fact.” Bringing their gaze back down to Earth, Querl shrugged. “I am only half organic matter, so there’s no worries in that regard.”
A grin spread over Bruce’s face almost involuntarily, the pigeons flocking the chunk of pretzel like piranhas to blood in the water. Such a simple species, he thought, following Querl’s gaze to the sky and back. There had been a time in Bruce’s life where he would have been uncomfortable, side-by-side with an alien species, having an in-depth scientific conversation about biology. It seemed all so far away now, though, considering all of the types of humans, aliens, cyborgs, and random species he’d met throughout his time as an Avenger.
The smile extended to Brainiac. “When we are outside like this, do you feel stronger?” Curiously, Bruce turned his hand around for both of them to view, creases between the lines in his palms, the scars from countless encounters that had healed too quickly for him to make sure they didn’t leave marks, and the aging over time. Something in the gamma specialist stuttered for a moment; Bruce had noticed his lack of physical aging, since he’d turned 50. The same patterns he’d come across time and time again in his life had screeched to a halt fairly abruptly, and now, he was sure, he would remain 50 for the rest of his days, while all of his friends crossed the gaps between ages, lived their lives, and moved on.
The curl of his smile dipped with the weight of his sadness.
“I know most organic species feel stronger after more exposure to Vitamin D. Does your species work the same, in that area? I mean, we humans can start develop depression just after 4 days with no sunlight.” Bruce cleared his throat, grabbing for a piece of the pretzel, suddenly not hungry, and throwing it back to the pigeons again, handing a second one to Querl. “Humans are uh, pretty weak, when you get down to it.” We can die of heart ache, Bruce mentally snorted, feeling oddly pathetic next to a species who clearly had their shit together more than he ever would, even as a mutated human.
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