[Ben watches, not exactly anxious but vigilant; he knows everything he said is, in its most basic sense, true. How she'll take it, though, how she'll apply it to her own experience is in doubt, and it's this that makes him uncertain.

But she's calming. Withdrawing, yes, with her body language and her thoughts, but calming.]

Has he stated that you are important to him in some way? That your safety, well being, and comfort are a priority of one kind or another?