Oh kriff (kriff?), this guy was nervous, Ben could sense the unease in the other fella (he could?), but he did not need to. He could tell. Backing away, nervous laughter. Ben got that a lot, unfortunately most of the time it was from people who didn’t need to worry about him. Alas. Here he was again, trying not to scare anyone. “until I come across a robbery by snowball, it’s gonna stay off my radar.” Ben said, hoping to keep the mood light. “Ah, look-,” Ben’s hands were still raised, he lowered them slowly. “I don’t get it- what you were just able to do.” Imagine having powers like that. Ben couldn’t. “But it was good. We’re- see, no one else is coming. They don’t bother to anymore.” A poor buddy system choice, for cops anyway. But with Ben- whatever. He’d go off on what they referred to as ‘a wild goose chase’ but Ben called ‘doing his job correctly’. “So, my name’s Ben-,” he’s found that most often, telling people ‘I’m not here to hurt you’ or ‘I’m not going to arrest you’ very rarely makes them believe it. “You did a good thing. But people do good things all the time and still get hurt. So, are you alright?”
if this was only two years prior bobby probably would of freaked out if he accidentally let someone see his powers especially since the last time he used his powers before the x-men resulted in a mob chasing him out of his town. even though his maturity hadn’t gotten any better, his control and ability to stay calm had definitely increased so instead of just causing a scene that could make things worse, he felt the situation out. bobby saw the man’s hands up, defensive and submissive, something someone who wasn’t threatened by him would do. it almost seemed like they were trying to calm him down and honestly he was hoping that was true. he’d spent so much time being trained to deal with bad guys sometimes he forgot that there were actual good guys out there. “ so.. no one is coming? you just ran after a potentially dangerous dude covered in ice with no back up? “ bobby couldn’t help but scoff at his bravery or stupidity, either way it was admirable. the young man quickly glanced over his own body after the officer asked if was alright, mostly for his benefit because he knew if he got hurt in his ice form he definitely would of felt it by now. “ not a scratch in sight, officer ben. “


















