"Maybe I am here because I'm so smart. And you'd not be here if your father had cared less about you. There's some irony there somewhere, I'm sure of it." Something hidden anyway. "Although, if I was to break it down a little less Freudian, I was here the first time because I overestimated Jim Gordon." What a mistake to make.

He got up and gestured to Jon, making it clear that he'd follow. What was the worst that could happen. "This time... Perhaps I'm here because I've underestimated Penguin." He supposed he should admit that. First step and all that.