[Normally, Ben knows all too well, this is about where he would begin to feel claustrophobic, where his deep-seated fear of being confined would begin to eat away at his very real desire to be close, to be loved. He can feel it tickling at the base of his gut but he has learned how to hold that off, and it's easier now because she will go, maybe as soon as their conversation ends, maybe not, but maybe.]

This place has become home for me. It was the Good Place I always dreamed about, full of people who could be family, and I have more here - both physical and not - than I have ever had anywhere else. When I graduated, of course I was going to stay. Of course I was going to return the blessing.

I never had use for a deal with the Admiral. As far as I have always been concerned, I am earning back the opportunity I have here, not the other way around. So I decided very soon after we were paired that I would give my deal to you when you graduated.

You can ask for anything, Abigail. It is your right.

[It is the only thing he can think of to do for her, now. He cannot go with her, he cannot tell her what her life should be - nor would he try if he could - but he can make room, one more time, for her to make her own decisions. She is the only one that will have to live or die by them, and it is the one simple, unalienable right she was never allowed.]