If Brainiac 5 loved Lyle Norg it was as a sentient. It would've been because of his intelligence, ingenuity, and creativity. It would've been because of his daring. It would've been because he was one of the few sentients in existence that could actually amuse him enough to sometimes make him laugh. He would've seen him as an equal, despite their disparate levels of intellect, because there's more to value in other sentients besides intellect.
That you would twist something like that into some kind of de-sentientizing scenario where he'd treat him like an object is disgusting.
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If Brainiac 5 loved Lyle Norg it was as a sentient. It would've been because of his intelligence, ingenuity, and creativity. It would've been because of his daring. It would've been because he was one of the few sentients in existence that could actually amuse him enough to sometimes make him laugh. He would've seen him as an equal, despite their disparate levels of intellect, because there's more to value in other sentients besides intellect.
That you would twist something like that into some kind of de-sentientizing scenario where he'd treat him like an object is disgusting.