"...Strange. That sounds more like one of my— associates, than it does a clue-busting detective," Carmen remarked, clearly a little surprised.

In fairness, her henchmen tried very hard, really they did, but sometimes they were just utterly impossible. That wasn't ACME's MO at all, though; they took the brightest and best and trained them to be even better. (Just look at her, after all.)

"I thought you said he was the one who worked out that something was wrong, back home?"