Riddler's eyes go wide, just a little, and then soften a bit, something like Ed looking out. "No. We couldn't. Neither could you." Whatever monsters they are or could be, that's a line you don't cross, do not pass go.

Ed looks away, shifting a little. "As you know, I'd only had the one girlfriend. And I can't stand bullies preying on people like that." It was how he'd ended up killing Dougherty, in part, trying to defend Miss Kringle. His attention drifts again, probably listening to Riddler. "Shh. Not here."