[Sorry!]
Honestly, Ben was just quite happy not to have that aggressive stare turned on him, felt almost shielded by the two people she recognised and was highly pissed off with. Maybe he'd just step back a little, sink into the background and watch this rather than getting involved - one of Ben's mottos in life was that it was often better to observe than partake. He'd add an addendum to that: 'especially when a seriously pissed off woman seems to be involved'.