Ben doesn't seem surprised or at all bothered by Patch's long confused silence. He waits, arms folded, face quiet and pensive. There is a stillness to him that is patient, and - though Patch doesn't know it yet - kind. He watches her close the door, struggle to find what to say, drag a chair over and sit. She's handling it a lot better than he'd expected. A lot better than most people probably would. Ben likes her already.

When she tells him to start at the beginning, he takes a moment to really consider where the beginning would be. What is the relevant information that she needs? What can he say that it might be a comfort or a help for her to hear?

"We were all in the Academy together - Klaus, Diego, me, the rest of our siblings. But things..." A pause here, as for a moment the tables are flipped and Ben is the one struggling to get words out, "...happened, and I died when I was sixteen. Klaus - he's the one you saved - can see ghosts. So I've been with him since then. Trying to keep him safe and out of trouble. When he got kidnapped, I came with. I knew there was nothing I could really do to help him, I just... didn't want him to be alone. So I was there when you showed up."

And, by implication, he had been there just a few moments later when she had been ambushed and shot. He doesn't say that out loud, though. He has some small amount of tact. Rubbing at his cheek, he continues, "I'm sorry to ambush you with all of this. When I saw your video... when I saw it, I knew I had to thank you, and I also realized that if- if somebody had been there, when I died, and seen it happen, and they didn't tell me, I would feel-"

There's a long pause, ending in a shrug, and a quiet conclusion: "-sort of, like, violated, I guess."