The sneer on his face was almost honest, stripped off to a simple cynicism in the face of a simple offer for tea. If it was really his decision, he'd always opt for something stronger, but ever since being forced underground, he'd had to put his habits into new neat, stacked boxes; one of them allowed him to drink only while off duty and at the only bar in the underground bunker, where a former engineer now tended the fragile sanity of everyone. So, as it appeared, tea it would indeed be. His eyes followed her movements, as if she might drop a truth serum into his cup if he so dared to veer away for a second. Even now, even with her at ease at her own place, Benjamin did not trust her. Dr. Ahmadi might've talked all she liked about being off duty and not analyzing his every breath, but she could switch off her analytical brain as much as he could turn off his military one. There was never an off switch for people like them, only different levels of burden placed on their shoulders depending what time of the day it was. "Well, consider me very flattered, then. I knew I'm your favorite." Now, he was cynical and shamelessly open about it. "No other reason to call me so often in your office." It was a little too easy to fall back into the habit of opposing and baiting her, though where his sharpness usually lay, now the words were a little more softer, careful, almost suiting a friendly banter rather a work nemesis relationship. "I don't prefer you ever poking in my brain, you know that. I've made it abundantly clear. But... maybe you can't stop yourself, doctor." Stepping closer, only the counter between them, Ben reached for the offered cup with his non dominant hand, drawing it closer but not trying to take a sip yet. At the mention of an unfamiliar name, his attention drew back to where the picture was, a frown forming in between his brows. He knew better than to ask what had happened - the horrifying details might've varied but the result was one and the same. Death for everyone outside paradise. "What was he like?", he asked instead, tone measured but veering on curious.