This back and forth is, in its way, fascinating. Oswald had never seen the arguments Ed had with himself, rarely caught him talking to or at himself, or even really heard him speak about himself in fractured terms. In fact, one day, it would be Oswald making the distinction between Ed and him so specifically, but that is somewhere in the future. What Oswald knows is Ed and Riddler's singular affirmations: one making a declaration about who they are, but not denying or referring to the other.

"So I see," he says carefully.

A part of him should feel some kind of vindictive glee that Ed is coming apart--serves him right for betraying him and all of that. He should feel that, but it's hard to make it materialise. Instead, it is a marker of something, something he doesn't yet know about Ed. Something this world has done to him and he's not sure if he likes the firmer line or not.

"And now?"