That certainly fits the clues that you gave about him being very concerned with perfect semantics. The objection I would have is that given such an answer, any sane person would simply ridicule Batman for it. The Riddler, were he not crazy and pedantic himself, might respond along the lines of, "<em>You stupid shit, this proves nothing! You don't know a damn thing about me!</em>" I would expect Batman to win in a more direct way, by playing to The Riddler's ego and keeping him talking while his escape routes are slowly being cut off. That's usually how these abstract masterminds are defeated - they're so focused on whatever mind games they're playing that they forget about the big picture. They win the mind game, only to find that they've lost the real world battle.<br/><br/>This sounds like a type of riddle that might have appeared in 1001 Arabian Nights, involving genies and eefreets, or something similar. Is that where it's from?<br/><br/>Regarding feedback of your writing style for which you asked, it seems good enough for me. It keeps the flow going well, which is most important. My only suggestion would be that when you have dialogue going between two people that you also include some detail on the motions and mannerisms of the speakers, first because it helps pad out the paragraphs so it doesn't look so skeletal, and also because such information might further enhance one's appreciation of the characters doing the speaking. A simple exchange of dialog characterizes a chat log more than it does a real conversation. A real conversation is physical as much as it is verbal. I see you describe the physical in some spots, and I encourage you to do it more. Though I understand if you were writing quickly and didn't have time to dwell on such things.