[ Ben hasn't heard it in so many words either but he's had seventeen years to come to terms with his siblings' guilt and his own. In the end, he blames their father. Perhaps not for his death itself but for ensuring it was as painful as possible for those who survived it, and the one who didn't.
He holds out his cocktail in case she'd like it, since he hasn't had any. (He's not sure if there's alcohol in it and it seems uncouth to ask now.) ]
You don't have to answer if you don't want to. But do you ever wonder what it'd be like if you died died? Moved on? [ He's not as afraid of going into the light as he was at sixteen. By that same token, he hasn't asked Klaus to help him find it again. He's curious what someone in a similar situation might feel about it, the arrested development they're in. Sure, he's aged for some reason, but his experiences and memories are all secondhand. It's not actual living. ]
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He holds out his cocktail in case she'd like it, since he hasn't had any. (He's not sure if there's alcohol in it and it seems uncouth to ask now.) ]
You don't have to answer if you don't want to. But do you ever wonder what it'd be like if you died died? Moved on? [ He's not as afraid of going into the light as he was at sixteen. By that same token, he hasn't asked Klaus to help him find it again. He's curious what someone in a similar situation might feel about it, the arrested development they're in. Sure, he's aged for some reason, but his experiences and memories are all secondhand. It's not actual living. ]