Ted Early. Simon returned the shake well enough and nodded. He picked up the coffee cup that still had more coffee in it than it should have if it had been a good cup. He smiled at the other man.
"Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. Look after yourself, Ted." He couldn't bring himself to say Mr. Early - not after that the only other Early he'd met had been a raving lunatic. Simon took a few steps away, then turned. "Uhm, maybe we can do this again sometime?" It seemed weird, but he needed a friend. Ted wasn't exactly his friend, yet he was the nicest person he'd met in a while that didn't have some sort of connection to his old life.
"Just think about it. You have a way to contacting me." He nodded to the personal ads.