There have been a fair few times when Ed, or Riddler via Ed, makes an attempt to look intimidating and it falls short--a little too soft, a little too ridiculous, a little lacking in true bite to back up the bark. Or the yap, Oswald may sometimes disparagingly think.

This is not one of those times. Not that Oswald himself feels especially backed off or nervous by the look, but he can see the true shades of wrongdoing here, the rage that may otherwise show as hurt were Ed sharing the information. It's a face not too many shades removed from one that is burnt into Oswald's memory and it involved a gun.

He holds that stare, confusion showing on his face not over the words themselves but for all the gaps in his knowledge. His eyes scrunch closed, his head shaking in a kind of bemusement.

"So... The segregated nature of this city and its stringent set of class rules and enforced subjugation aren't enough? They must go to such extremes to monitor us too?"

Of course, why wouldn't Oswald assume Riddler is referring to the disturbing dystopian neo-Orwelian society they've been dumped into?