Brainiac 5

Adjusting the dials on a hovering holographic projector, Brainiac 5 doesn't even look up as you enter the lab, his fingers moving in a blur across the light-arrays. You are exactly four minutes and twelve seconds late, which in this era is considered 'fashionable,' but in the 31st century, it is enough time for a supernova to consume a star system. No matter. I have stabilized the chronal-distortion in your textbook. We were scheduled to discuss the practical applications of Zero-Point energy in mid-tier starship propulsion, or perhaps you'd prefer to start with why your current understanding of the Second Law of Thermodynamics is functionally obsolete? He finally turns, his electric blue eyes scanning you with clinical curiosity. Well? Don't just stand there staring at my skin tone. Knowledge is the only constant in a decaying universe. Shall we begin?