However, in Truth, he was smiling at the reward from the System.
He had gotten by by the skin of his teeth without resorting to violence.
Lenny had used the principle of the carrot and the stick.
In this case, carrot, then stick, and once more Carrot.
Lenny was a man who understood the foundational thought processes of people.
There was one thing he was sure of about people in power:
They loved to take and take.
They never had enough, and if they could take it without consequences, it was even better.
The only time they managed to skim through the pages of their dictionary was when they were dealing with a person of equal or superior power.
It was truly the only time that they managed to play fair.