Edrisa had no problem at all with extended eye contact, but she hung around enough geeks to be familiar with these sorts of signs that someone is on the spectrum. It didn't bother her, although the jury was out on whether that was due to understanding or her level of enthusiasm for talking with people she found interesting.
"Don't apologize! The dark is totally fine! I mean...I'm sorry that happened to you, it sounds really terrible, but you never have to worry about telling me that kind of stuff. Believe me, I am well acquainted with the dark."
Which was probably why she was quite possibly more attracted to him now.
She took a sip of scotch, looking at him over the rim of her glass as she did so.
"The FBI also thought Bright was mentally unstable." She tilted her head, reconsidering that. "Or...possibly more that he was stable in a bad way. Basically they thought that he was too like his father. Have you ever heard of the Surgeon?"