During his recovery and his brief time in Stark Tower, Edward and Tony had made their way through an extended conversation about Annie. That was how he knew her name, recalled what she looked like, and knew about her powerful friends. Edward was sharp, even on his deathbed, and while Tony had done more than harass him for hurting this girl, the criminal sensed that if the inventor was around now that he would have shown up already to throw his weight around.
Edward was in no rush to provoke lover boy, and so he continued to pace himself and seem overly non-threatening although the situation itself was tense.
"Cat got your tongue, too?" Eddie giggled, shaking his head at Annie, "Tsk, tsk, young lady. It's quite rude to ignore someone who's speaking to you. Where are your manners?" He could always blow a hole in her knee, that would get her talking. Or screaming. He liked it when they screamed.