Fft, I don't think Ben's ever Bonded, or if he has, it was a once-and-regretted-it sort of situation. Because he is too ~free spirited~/scared of responsibility to actually be grounded to anything. If Things start going diagonal, he might consider it here, but it'd have to be one of those "this is REALLY going to fix something, right?!" moments. Mostly, he prefers to bother humans, not help. Silly Mel. (But no, he wouldn't mock the guy over it-- not more than once, anyway, and I'm guessing he's already used his once.)