For Ed, some five months out from deciding that he didn't have the energy for a sexuality crisis and it was easier to just roll with it, it doesn't even pass his mind not to give that affectionate grip and squeeze.
"Mm." Riddler looks out onto the see of bland that makes up Insincerity. The lack of colours does make details easier to pick out. "Well... John's only memories are of Arkham. He has a reactive attachment disorder of a kind, a show of friendship or affection is so alien to him that he latches on with fervent need. An extreme version of Ed's own difficulties in setting socially appropriate boundaries. We're friends, therefore getting involved with helping us get what we want is his expression of friendship."
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Date: 2020-06-30 08:30 am (UTC)"Mm." Riddler looks out onto the see of bland that makes up Insincerity. The lack of colours does make details easier to pick out. "Well... John's only memories are of Arkham. He has a reactive attachment disorder of a kind, a show of friendship or affection is so alien to him that he latches on with fervent need. An extreme version of Ed's own difficulties in setting socially appropriate boundaries. We're friends, therefore getting involved with helping us get what we want is his expression of friendship."