"No, no, it's fine." The last thing he wants to do is to get a concession from Ed. It's one thing getting him to stand down-- but this-- Well, letting this kind of thing go doesn't seem like a very Blackbeard thing to do and it worries him a bit.

"He's probably not all that interesting anyway. And what kind of doctor reads fiction? No kind of doctor I'd want around me."

This decided he shuffles the paper together and taps them into a neat pile.

"What about you? Meet anyone interesting?"