[He could keep it down if he wanted (for now). It feels more comfortable when he leaves it like this. Plus he already knows this is going to end in a fight; she doesn't seem like the type to work with--or easily submit to--the darkness.]

[It doesn't even occur to him she might include him as a friend, even potentially. His own heady belief that the Nox stopped him from caring about that sort of thing blocks it out even further than his suspicion without a Deal would.]

Why? [Riddler cants his head to the side.] I don't owe Lux anything. I don't owe the people of this city anything. I don't owe anyone here anything.

Perhaps our abductor should've thought a bit harder about his choices. [He smirks.] I am one of the bad guys, after all.