Edgar was in over his head. He would be the first person to admit it.
Today had been a hard day for him. From having to sit near Gideon while everyone behaved like normal, Cass declaring to the whole room that Fiona was pregnant, presumably with his child, to seeing Gideon beat up, and Cass declaring that he owned him.
Edgar knew he had a good poker face. It had been forged in years living under the same roof as his family. Originally his father and brothers, and then when they passed, just his father. Edgar had a long history of knowing that if he let his true feelings show, only bad things would happen.
It was how he and Gideon got along so well when they first met. Edgar just kicked himself for not being smart enough back when he was a kid to realise that Cass, Cassian back then, had been doing the same thing that he had. It was a bitter pill to swallow, and when combined with his complicated feelings regarding the whole situation, he could feel himself drowning.
