"What was your base in Los Angeles like? I've been to the city a few times, but never lived outside a hotel in one. Certainly never tracked down something to call a lair." Because Tom's just that cliched of a villain; he can't imagine taking a place for his own and not turning it into some kind of lair. A base of operations just seems too benign.

Tom checked out a few of the rooms while he was there. It'll be livable. They'll have to make some adjustments, but God knows they have the money for that.

"Aye. If that's what my beloved wishes."