quickly pointing out that this post isn't against traveler x lyney at all — just an observation!
so it's now in our knowledge that lyney's survival tactic as an orphan was his flirtatious behavior, much like lynette's was her emotionless facade.
he tends to retreat to flirtatious behavior whenever he wants to show gratitude or feels himself to be a nuisance:
1. offering that one lady “i'd give you a bouquet of roses if i could” as soon as she stated she'd be watching his every move etc.
2. starting to show romantic/flirtatious behavior to traveler as they stated they can't trust him.
he feels guilty about not having told the truth, though he had an understandable reason to it. he also feels like he owes the traveler or is in debt to them because they helped him through his court case.
so what was his survival tactic again? flirting. romance. whatever that means — whatever he's had to done in the past to get by — it's clear that this behavior is a reaction.
maybe it's from rejection, fear of abandonment, guilt, or simply feeling like he has to prove his worth to the traveler. but it definitely is a reaction with sad origins.
to back up this claim, he even admits it himself that he isn't actually that social and outgoing, but it's rather just to get close to people:
he's had to grow himself into that, especially as lynette's big brother. as the brother of an autistic girl who was about to be sex trafficked and started to fear the world. she couldn't speak, so he had to.
moreso, him ‘falling in love’ with the traveler seems like a case of debt, even. “how can i repay for what i did and how can i earn their trust?” now you are ‘in love’, clueless and lost, just like you have always been. ‘in love’ with someone you feel like you have to be because it's what you're used to giving to people.
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