Wow, that was a lot of words in a short amount of time. He tried not to jump back when she touched him because whyyyyy were people always trying to touch him, she must be an extrovert. "I didn't think you were going to hurt me. You just startled me is all..." Benji raised an eyebrow at her. For some reason, it seemed like she thought he was tooootally socially inept. What the heck? Why would she thi-- Oh, yeah, he had just acted like a totally bizarre dungeon-dweller and nearly leapt to his death. Yeah, okay, he got it. Better try to redeem that pretty quick... "I'm Benji," he finally answered her, still looking at her like she was an alien or something. He wasn't a freak. He just hadn't been prepared for human contact, OKAY?!

He didn't acknowledge her comments about the new regime because he didn't want anyone to hear and for him to get in trouble. NO SIRREE. Not gonna happen on his watch. You know, come to think of it, this interaction was not starting off well. Scared him? Check. Interrupted his alone time? Check. Cracked a joke that could get him in trouble? CHECK. Merlin's pants, he may have acted like a weirdo because she'd scared him, but this Anna girl had a lot more to redeem here, in his opinion...