He may be flirting with immaturity, but even at 16 young Benton knew how to listen, and he does listen to Caitlin now. He has to admit it makes sense, assuming the lesson here is that he oughtn't try to close himself off or compartmentalize so much. If he'd had more of an outlet without Victoria, maybe the floodgates wouldn't have opened the way they had. Or, hell, if he hadn't ended up hiding the two of them away, hadn't been so blinded, maybe he would have figured it all out sooner. And Caitlin is right that those weren't the only signs -- just the worst ones.
He's musing on this silently when he realizes she's asking a question, though when he registers what it is he looks like he wants to outright roll his eyes. He hasn't had a mother in a very long time, but that still sounds like a Mom Question. "Good grief," he mutters. "I don't know -- Harry, for one. And..."
Given the givens, it's a terrifically stupid idea not to mention the man he currently knows as Rex, but he keeps that to himself anyway. Surely he's allowed some privacy. "I don't know that I'd say 'friend,' exactly, but I've gotten to know Fiona Goode rather well. She's the one who... who helped me realize what was going on."
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Date: 2019-04-01 04:29 pm (UTC)He's musing on this silently when he realizes she's asking a question, though when he registers what it is he looks like he wants to outright roll his eyes. He hasn't had a mother in a very long time, but that still sounds like a Mom Question. "Good grief," he mutters. "I don't know -- Harry, for one. And..."
Given the givens, it's a terrifically stupid idea not to mention the man he currently knows as Rex, but he keeps that to himself anyway. Surely he's allowed some privacy. "I don't know that I'd say 'friend,' exactly, but I've gotten to know Fiona Goode rather well. She's the one who... who helped me realize what was going on."