If he had known his companion could just vanish like that, Ben wouldn't have freaked out. Of course, things you don't do with complete strangers? Discuss secrets before a mission.

There is a definite yelp when he's plucked from the ground, then wide eyes and confusion. Those are...definitely tentacles, and they're not his.

He gives Benedict serious consideration and once over when he's up on the roof. Ben crosses his arms.

"I yelled because I had no idea where you went. You were just gone." A beat, he licks the roof of his mouth, then has to add, "So tentacles. You have tentacles?"