Right. Well, Ed could tell when he was being turned down. He put his hands on his hips because he wasn't going to stand there like an idiot offering something that wasn't reciprocated.

"Better that way, honestly. Knowing where you're going can get kind of boring." He doesn't have a better answer than that. Wandering around with Stede would be better than wandering alone. "Anywhere is good. Maybe we'll find some books for your cabin." Or maybe that was a bad subject. How badly had he fucked this up already. "Or a tailor. You're gonna get tired of wearing the same thing every day."