He senses her coming up before he hears her, so he's not startled when she speaks - in fact he doesn't even react, waiting to turn and address her when he's finished with ... whatever it is he's doing, staring off into space like that.
"It's Ben, actually," he says when he turns around, pushing his dark brown hair out of his eyes with one gloved hand. (He doesn't need to wear gloves, really, it's just a habit he's gotten into over the years.) "Hi."