And since words don't seem to have been doing the job, he sends to Edie's presence at the edge of his mind:
He finds her very charming, and he is very grateful for the chance to travel with her and her companions, and (with an undercurrent of awareness of her assertion that she could destroy his mind if she chose to) if she is fond of him, and would like to express that fondness by making use of him sexually, well, that would be delightful and he would be delighted; but of course if she would like to express her fondness in some other way then that is fine too. (He doesn't get into the details, but there is a definite sense that the scope of things he would welcome as expressions of genuine affection even though he might dislike them in other contexts is very broad.)
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And since words don't seem to have been doing the job, he sends to Edie's presence at the edge of his mind:
He finds her very charming, and he is very grateful for the chance to travel with her and her companions, and (with an undercurrent of awareness of her assertion that she could destroy his mind if she chose to) if she is fond of him, and would like to express that fondness by making use of him sexually, well, that would be delightful and he would be delighted; but of course if she would like to express her fondness in some other way then that is fine too. (He doesn't get into the details, but there is a definite sense that the scope of things he would welcome as expressions of genuine affection even though he might dislike them in other contexts is very broad.)