Re: Patrick/Ben
Ben didn't know how he was still functioning. He'd sad through the speech barely processing the information. His dad was up in the infirmary, still doing inventory after yesterday, and checking on patients. Bryn was with Rose, and Jazz was around. He'd only had a moment to tell Dale he was here, before his friend had to go off and settle more people.
It had been sixteen hours since he'd learned about Ronan, and it still didn't seem real. He kept expecting the man to stumble up to the castle, hurt from the battle but alive. But he didn't, no matter how long he waited.
He blinked when Patrick sat beside him, and then shrugged. "Jamie knows what he's doing," he said, with a wane smile. "Or he knows how to sound like he knows what he's doing."