[The tears confuse him, but then, he's used to that; every time he starts to think he's gaining ground, someone else does something else completely inexplicable and he's back to studying, analyzing, and mentally documenting. She's smiling, but he can smell saline, and he blinks slowly at the request.
It makes him hesitate but, glancing around, he adjusts course. Instead of heading for the CES, now they're walking across the deck towards the chapel. Ben has never gone in, of course, it's not safe, but he is fully capable of standing at the opposite end of the deck and studying it anyway if left to his own devices. It's safe for Abigail, probably.]
She. She is important. She was the most important thing I ever talked about, before. The Blue Lady.
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It makes him hesitate but, glancing around, he adjusts course. Instead of heading for the CES, now they're walking across the deck towards the chapel. Ben has never gone in, of course, it's not safe, but he is fully capable of standing at the opposite end of the deck and studying it anyway if left to his own devices. It's safe for Abigail, probably.]
She. She is important. She was the most important thing I ever talked about, before. The Blue Lady.