Ed would be all over that suggestion, asking, questioning, wanting explanations and more information.

This Ed... takes it in. Makes a silent note of it.

"I just wanted to make you uncomfortable," he says suddenly. "I've never had that much interest in torturing a sexual partner." Torturing other people was negotiable. "Maybe it's an Earth thing. Without knowing more people from different worlds and different Earths, it's hard for me to have an informed opinion."