"Hmmm! I'm pretty sure what I said was if your version of Oswald Cobblepot is both mayor and mobster, that I'm sure he'd be resourceful enough to manage them both equally. Just as well as if he were say, oh, I don't know... Mayor and inventor. Or mayor and entrepreneur. Or mayor and actor," he bunches his shoulders up demonstratively with a mild, smug little smile, "I simply mean to say--well! You know us Cobblepots! We do like to excel at whatever it is we put our minds to!"

He's had more than enough experience with the press and cops alike to know how to not indict himself.

"As for the Bruce Wayne I know, he is actually even younger than you are! Can you imagine!" He flicks his pointer finger in Tim's direction for effect, playing every bit the dodging politician at this point, "So it's probably for the best that he's not here, wouldn't you agree?"