"Apparently. Though I don't know if it's just those who have been kidnapped, or all the residents. And yes, alive has a very wide scope. As Victor once infamously said in the middle of the GCPD, 'a man who has had both hand removed may be alive'." Ed had heard it, tucked back and away in his lab when the mayhem (Zsasz and his Zsaszettes) had hit.

He gestures Oswald ahead of him, ready to cover his back, not that he thinks there will be a problem here.

As soon as the doors are closing, Riddler reaches up and pulls off the collar, shoving it away again. "I hate that thing. But we learned young that sometimes, you need to be unseen. And the best invisibility is visible conformity." His hand rubs at his collarbone absently.