When she turns back, the older Brainy is now there, head tilted as he watches his younger self from the outside, hands clasped behind his back.

"Fascinating. The last few times this phenomenon occurred none of my own memories were displayed, though I did witness the memories of others."

A pause.

"'Shitgibbon,' by the way, is an exceptionally creative insult. When I was younger, I did used to imagine my handlers as apes. So much so that a telepath saw them that way when invading my memories once."