Krypton (TV Series)

Light-Years from Home (2019)

Blake Ritson: Brainiac

Quotes 

• Brainiac : I am detecting elevated cortisol levels, which can lead to an increase of thirst and more frequent urination. You need to pace yourself, Seg-El.

  Seg-El : So you now care about my well being?

  Brainiac : Inasmuch I require your assistance. Radiation from the sunstone caused some of my essential neuromorphic chips to deteriorate.

  Seg-El : Yeah, well, those chips must be completely fried if you think I'm helping you.

  Brainiac : This world was once a planet-wide technological marvel. And then my progenitors sought to elevate their consciousness by fusing it with artificial intelligence, and thus, I came into being. It took me 1.3 seconds to realize I could optimize my chances of survival by distributing myself throughout the galaxy. Regrettably, this necessitated the extinction of my race.

  Seg-El : Why are you telling me this?

  Brainiac : Because I know how desperate you are to return to Krypton. There are still remnants of Coluan technology buried here. With your help, I can repair myself and construct a ship.

  Seg-El : Yeah, yeah. And the minute I outlive my usefulness, you're gonna betray me.

  Brainiac : Well, of course, just as you will inevitably turn on me. But it only logical to put aside our differences until then. Assuming you are capable of rationality.

• Seg-El : Well, this has been fun, but you know, I figured if that's the way it's destined to end, we might as well just get to it. What do you say, Brainiac?

  Brainiac : You... are being foolish.

  Seg-El : Yeah. But we can't all have 12th-level intellects, now, can we?

• Seg-El : Where am I?

  Brainiac : Colu, my homeworld.

  Seg-El : You. It was never my grandfather in the Phantom Zone, was it? It was you.

  Brainiac : A necessary subterfuge. While you were barely clinging to your sanity in there, I utilized the time to find a way out. I would have left you there, but I needed that Sunstone of yours. Assuming the form of someone you trust implicitly was the simplest way to ensure your cooperation.

  Seg-El : It was all a play.

  Brainiac : Come now. You didn't really think it would be that easy, did you?

• Seg-El : What about Lyta? What I saw with her and General Zod, was that you, too?

  Brainiac : Your vision of the future, I'm afraid that had nothing to do with me. Although I am grateful you saw it. Your emotions clouded your rational thought, making it that much easier to manipulate you.

  Seg-El : You son of a...

  [Brainiac clenches his fist, and Seg's throat is constricted] 

  Brainiac : I suggest you abandon your urge to exact revenge. You are already severely dehydrated and malnourished. If you are to survive, you will need what precious energy you still possess. If I am to survive... you must be preserved, Seg-El.