Ben frowns a moment, puzzling over what Cole is even saying about 'not everyone'... until he realizes this is the first time he's really had a conversation with Cole and another person at the same time. It's something he's gotten used to, one-on-one, the way Cole will just respond to something he was thinking but did not say aloud. It is distinctly stranger when Cole is clearly answering some question Ami had thought. He almost asks what it was, but makes the decision not to. It doesn't really seem invasive to him when Cole does it - that's just how he experiences the world and communicates, Ben's cool with that now - but it would be if he used that as an excuse to pry.

So he just moves smoothly on, actually contributing for once, since it seems there are two possible options available here. He taps at his chin with his finger and then says:

"We've got the footage they saved from everybody's rooms. Peter made a copy of it. We haven't watched any of it that wasn't ours. It... didn't feel right. But if you wanted to look it over together and try to find whenever it was you wrote all that up... maybe it would trigger a memory, and then Cole could help to decipher that?"

It's the best plan he can come up with - a surefire (he hopes??? he knows nothing about brains) way to jar the memory loose, and Cole here to experience it along with Ami or at lest glimpse it and offer her insight or at the very least understanding.

"I can ask him to send me the file? He knows I wouldn't do it without your permission."

Ben doesn't go into the reasons why he's sure Peter would trust him not to invade someone's privacy. Cole already knows those reasons and Ami doesn't need to hear about any of his baggage right now when she's working on her own.