[ Ben manages a little smile and a shrug back, when Julie says that Klaus mostly complained about him being a nag. It would be brighter, if he weren't so distracted dreading what further truths she might be building up to. Still, it's clear that he doesn't mind being complained about, or that his brother thought of him as an annoyance. Ben knows how annoying he can be. He knows that he didn't always handle Klaus as well as he should have. He got angry and impatient and he could be judgmental and he knows, too, that just being around him could make Klaus so, so sad sometimes. Thinking about how he had died, how their family had fallen apart afterwards.
He doesn't know who she means it would be hard for - him or Klaus - when she talks about him being a ghost. The answer is, of course, both of them, in different ways. But is she saying it would make it harder for Ben to care for him or harder for Klaus to be around him or accept his care?
Either way, he is holding his breath, waiting for Julie to add an 'Oh and also...'. But it never comes. The uncertainty and the waiting just twist the anxiety in his chest a little tighter and so he prompts: ]
And that's all? Then - but it can't be. He must have said something else or- why... did you say that just now? About- how I would know what it does to a kid?
[ Everything about Ben's body language right now is screaming discomfort - his hands buried deep in his pockets and so much tension in his neck and shoulders, his eyes fixed to the corridor in front of them, not looking over at Julie for even a moment. God, this is horrible. Talking to people is horrible. It's not often he wishes he was a ghost again, but right now... well. It would be easier even if it was worse. ]
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He doesn't know who she means it would be hard for - him or Klaus - when she talks about him being a ghost. The answer is, of course, both of them, in different ways. But is she saying it would make it harder for Ben to care for him or harder for Klaus to be around him or accept his care?
Either way, he is holding his breath, waiting for Julie to add an 'Oh and also...'. But it never comes. The uncertainty and the waiting just twist the anxiety in his chest a little tighter and so he prompts: ]
And that's all? Then - but it can't be. He must have said something else or- why... did you say that just now? About- how I would know what it does to a kid?
[ Everything about Ben's body language right now is screaming discomfort - his hands buried deep in his pockets and so much tension in his neck and shoulders, his eyes fixed to the corridor in front of them, not looking over at Julie for even a moment. God, this is horrible. Talking to people is horrible. It's not often he wishes he was a ghost again, but right now... well. It would be easier even if it was worse. ]