greenteengenius | Lyrl's first appearances as a baby, as a teen and as a genius teen

Even at his birth there was the idea that Lyrl was tainted because both of his bloodlines were cursed. One because his dad's a Brainiac and one because his mom's a mutant. (His dad wanted to abort him.)

At this point Lyrl is lobotomized, so he's just a normal half-naked kid. Starro wants to exploit his intellect, but that means restoring it first ...

Lyrl then betrays Starro despite being mind controlled at the time. Lyrl: making him into your mind controled slave will not stop him from double crossing you. Because Brainiac.