cleverness

Fictionally speaking, of all criminal pursuits, thievery is the most romantic because it requires a significant degree of cleverness, of subtlety and skill and, by practical necessity, isn’t violent.

It’s so creative and clever, but it doesn’t lose its heart in the cleverness.

But don’t focus on the cleverness: focus on the affection.

So she does the first thing that clues us in to the cleverness of the enterprise.

The meat of the matter is the Penguin’s drive to become the city’s criminal kingpin, which involves a good bit of lying, betrayal, some murder and more cleverness than his enemies credit him with.