Edward wasn't offended when Lestat said that he'd bore him to death. It's not as if it was Edward's goal in life to impress people. Often, it happened that way, but Lestat had centuries of experience in comparison to Edward's 90 years. And why cover up something that was obvious to him from the get go? No human was in ear shot, or would have heard him even if they were at the volume he was speaking. Humans had terrible hearing.
Edward passed for human constantly, except with the whole not being able to go out into sunlight because of the way his skin looked in sunlight.
Lestat's grip had no effect on Edward, it was stronger than a human's, but it did not feel like out of place. Edward nodded.
"Pleased to meet you. How are you liking the city?" Might as well be courteous.