"I mean." That smile widens, still a touch crooked. "Wouldn't say I'm not interested, definitely wouldn't say that ..."

Aimnhian, in turn, left Edgar far more open to the prospect of quick hookups with strangers -- something that wasn't available during his life on the train, due to everyone already knowing everyone else. And this particular stranger is, to be honest, kind of fuckin gorgeous.

(And if there's anything not entirely comfortable underlying his appeal, Edgar misses it for the moment.)