Ben's not the easiest person to get along with in the Nexus - he's curt if not impolite towards most strangers, and the number of people he considers friends can be counted on one hand. Nevertheless, even he finds his heart warmed by these...creatures. Higgledies. Whatever they are.
And one of them likes him. It's rare enough that somebody of any species likes him that he can't help but return it.
"Well, he's welcome to stay with me as long as he wants to, if he's so fond of me. I don't bite." It's spoken wryly - he can't imagine it's a coincidence that a very strong, very dark Higgledy was drawn to him in particular. It's one thing to say Ben accepts that his darkness will always be a part of him, but it's another to see physical evidence of that. Still, he also has a - wholly earned - bad reputation he's working to overcome.
"Wouldn't mind doing some work around town, so to speak. It'll be nice to visit a world that's more laid-back for a change." Ben's had a couple visits to Midgard, and has had enough of things trying to kill and/or eat him for a while. "The Nexus seems to be calm at the moment. So I could step out for a while."
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Ben's not the easiest person to get along with in the Nexus - he's curt if not impolite towards most strangers, and the number of people he considers friends can be counted on one hand. Nevertheless, even he finds his heart warmed by these...creatures. Higgledies. Whatever they are.
And one of them likes him. It's rare enough that somebody of any species likes him that he can't help but return it.
"Well, he's welcome to stay with me as long as he wants to, if he's so fond of me. I don't bite." It's spoken wryly - he can't imagine it's a coincidence that a very strong, very dark Higgledy was drawn to him in particular. It's one thing to say Ben accepts that his darkness will always be a part of him, but it's another to see physical evidence of that. Still, he also has a - wholly earned - bad reputation he's working to overcome.
"Wouldn't mind doing some work around town, so to speak. It'll be nice to visit a world that's more laid-back for a change." Ben's had a couple visits to Midgard, and has had enough of things trying to kill and/or eat him for a while. "The Nexus seems to be calm at the moment. So I could step out for a while."