Ford felt a surge of panic as the other man offered him the book, evidently free of charge. What had he said or done to indicate that he'd be interested in that sort of... reading material? Or maybe he hadn't given any indication of that, and this man was only trying to tease him by being intentionally provocative? He seemed, from their conversation so far, to be the sort who might enjoy shocking people, so maybe that was what he was trying to do. Even if that was the case, Ford still felt terribly awkward about this. Maybe just because it was a favor that he hadn't asked for, and couldn't repay. Was this the sort of favor that the other man might expect some sort of benefit from, down the road, or was it really as free as he wanted Ford to believe it was? He didn't know what sort of thing the other man might want in exchange, but he was quite confident he didn't have it, whatever it was.

"You don't need to do that," Ford assured him quickly, raising one hand as though in defense. "Really, it's — I couldn't —"