[And that? That's another one of those answers he was both hoping for and fearing. Espionage is nasty business and while he doesn't know exactly which country the Manipulator has been making deals with, this is one heck of a coincidence.]

Are you saying you returned to this country quite reeecently, or have our kidnappers somehow managed to smuggle you across the border for the sake of having you attend this little... game? [The latter would be troubling for a variety of reasons, surely Bruce would sympathize with that much.]