"Truly." Lex looked at one of the Doombots, scrutinizing it. "I always took precautions with that when it came to LexCorp robots. Failsafe devices, incendiary devices designed inside for outside detonation, and even heavily modified power sources. Hence why none of them came equipped with solar panels."
"Yes, Victor. You could still kill me where I stand. However ... I've just become terribly more interesting, haven't I? Before, I was just a human male. And now ..." He gestures at the console screen, "I'm something more. Something ... unknown. And great minds such as ours are fascinated with the unknown. And so my chances of you killing me have decreased. Because you and I both would like to see what I'm capable of next."
The smirk disappeared. "I was blunt with him, and honest. The thought of death does that to you. It makes you see exactly what is so, and speak very frankly about it. I told him that company was his upon my death or disappearance. And I gave complete control of it, with no longstanding instructions. He was informed that he was even power to dismantle it completely. But I knew he wouldn't. He's a Luthor, after all. He knows the potential of something as great as my company, under his control."