And I appreciate it [He made small, happy sounds at the pettings.] Sometimes the best we can do is to ignore mean people, be better than them.

[Have a little cheek lick, Ben. Poe will freak out about it once he's back to human and feel terrible embarrassed but now it feels right to comfort the boy like that.]

I think there's a park near there, maybe we can sit down and rest for a bit as we eat.