She looked over at the older boy. "You haven't been to many villain meets then. You interact with enough supervillains and you come to appreciate it when they're able to get through the gloating and just tell you what they want you to do. He only reminded us he has absolute power over our fate twice in that message. That sort of restraint is admirable." She said, voice not dripping entirely with sarcasm. Then, more seriously, she said, "Honestly, I'd be put off if there wasn't at least a little gloating or theatrics. It means he's a fellow bad guy. So long as you're useful you have some wiggle room with that, maybe enough to wiggle free. If he was a good man, we'd all be in prison right now. That or dead."

[@SimpleD]