Ted looked at Batman again, narrowing his eyes. He replayed the conversation he'd just had through his head, coming back with an answer that pleased him after a moment of suspicion and confusion.
"You're not Charlie." He was relieved. There seemed to be less pressure in the world now that his roommate was just an ordinary super-sleuth-cop-type with a toe over the good-guy line and a penchant for vengeance, and not actually Batman.