"This is hardly a surprise. I always knew I was better than you. And so it is utterly, utterly expected that the shaved monkey has once again proved my superiority complex." Edward mused on the inside.
Edward stared at his contraption he had fixed up while working at a carnival. The mind itself was a riddle that compromised of boxes and data you needed to figure out for yourself. Whether or not you were intellectually superior to figure yourself out was your own doing. The genius, lean man found himself crossing his arms in a smug manner, cheekily admiring the monkey guessing at his own riddle, and watching her fail miserably.
Edward puzzle shouldn't have been this difficult to put together, but because humans were so prone to wanting to figure things out hastily, they didn't stop to wonder why were they getting the answers wrong.
The petite woman, with soft, blonde, sleek, straight hair continued trying to rattle at her brain and try to unlock the secrets behind the puzzle. Her temper was running out and her mind was exploding from so much thinking. It all was just so amusing to see this young woman actually trying to dismantle an already fixed object. Edward had devised this plan long before he found his solace at this carnival.
His eyes sparkled with mere curiosity before pursing his lips with a ghost of a smile. "Having trouble my dear? Has your primitive brain given up?" He didn't mean for it to sound--well, in all honesty, he did mean it to sound exactly as it sounded. Clearly, he had a knack for being a conceited prick.
She sharply gazed into his orbs and glared. "You're talking to a customer like that? You're an inconsiderate dick! I'm just trying to take my time is all."
"Really? Was using the word inconsiderate too much for your mental capacity to handle? Is that why you're taking such long measures to figure out my puzzle box?" He extended his palm and smirked. "Payment is non-refundable."
The blonde threw a few dollars in his face before flicking him off and promptly finding her way past the crowd. Edward didn't acknowledge her agitation. He could understand how there were just some people in this world who didn't appreciate his level of intelligence. Surely, there needed to be someone who--.
"Breaking news in Gotham. Catwoman, formally known as Selina Kyle, has broken into a well-known jewelry store and stolen an antique necklace. It appears that the Batman himself is already on the case. More news to come."
Edward chuckled to himself, counting his well-deserved money, and shook his head. "My, my, Batman. We're all crooks, right? So..riddle me this.. why pay for those heroes when we can just steal them?" He laughed sardonically.