[Because Ben is always thorough - because he as born with an optimist's soul but run through the meatgrinder of practicality - there are things he is thinking and feeling about this that are less than positive. Some of it is attached solely to him. Some of it is wrapped up in the knowledge that Abigail will go - she must go - she won't stay and he knows that. But she grins up at him and he loosens his arms enough so that she can; she grins at him and he finds himself smiling back.
She knows, and he finds he does, too.]
I have something to tell you. I meant to do it before...
I have something for you. [It is the first thing he can think of to offer. It is what she must know before, inevitably, they must decide what to do next. (Before she must decide what to do next because she is free, now, she makes her own decisions, she goes where she pleases and does as she pleases.)]
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She knows, and he finds he does, too.]
I have something to tell you. I meant to do it before...
I have something for you. [It is the first thing he can think of to offer. It is what she must know before, inevitably, they must decide what to do next. (Before she must decide what to do next because she is free, now, she makes her own decisions, she goes where she pleases and does as she pleases.)]