“Remind me not to make an enemy of you, Edwin Courcey,” he said, smiling to show he meant no sting. “I think yours is probably the kind of brain that could run a country.” Edwin wasn’t smiling, but something about the way he ducked his head suggested that he was pleased, and not sure how to handle being pleased. “That would involve people, and I’m less good with people. I’ll settle for knowing all the things I want to know,” Edwin said quietly. “When and how I need to know them.”
