[Brainy's mouth tweaks in a slight smile at Robbie's cursing.]
Affirmative. Although I can't say that I'm any less prone to simply stating the facts in regards to my intellect.
[To be fair, he at least understands there's more to life than smarts. Like actually having a sense of a humor about yourself, something it took him a lifetime to develop.]
[His expression grows a little more unsure as he reflects on what Robbie said about calling others Brainiac. It's more confusion than anything else.]
However, I'm unsure why "Brainiac" would be a general reference to someone of intellect, but the cultural connotations are likely very different in your universe. In this universe, it might be considered by some to be an insult.
["Brainiac" isn't something you call a random smart person, not unless you're trying to pick a fight.]
It's a specific inherited title carried by my family line, used to denote our unusual twelfth level intellect and our...lineage. [That's the most polite word he can find for it.] I am the fifth Brainiac in my family line, albeit the first to use it as a heroic appellation.
If you find it awkward, my real name is Querl Dox. Although my friends prefer the nickname "Brainy."
["Brainy" is far warmer and he definitely doesn't hate it, even if he did once.]
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Affirmative. Although I can't say that I'm any less prone to simply stating the facts in regards to my intellect.
[To be fair, he at least understands there's more to life than smarts. Like actually having a sense of a humor about yourself, something it took him a lifetime to develop.]
[His expression grows a little more unsure as he reflects on what Robbie said about calling others Brainiac. It's more confusion than anything else.]
However, I'm unsure why "Brainiac" would be a general reference to someone of intellect, but the cultural connotations are likely very different in your universe. In this universe, it might be considered by some to be an insult.
["Brainiac" isn't something you call a random smart person, not unless you're trying to pick a fight.]
It's a specific inherited title carried by my family line, used to denote our unusual twelfth level intellect and our...lineage. [That's the most polite word he can find for it.] I am the fifth Brainiac in my family line, albeit the first to use it as a heroic appellation.
If you find it awkward, my real name is Querl Dox. Although my friends prefer the nickname "Brainy."
["Brainy" is far warmer and he definitely doesn't hate it, even if he did once.]