Ben tried to flash the other man a smile, but it was something that he couldn’t quite muster. He nodded though, when Jason said that he wasn’t horrible. “Nah,” Ben reassured, “You were pretty cool. I met you at a party actually, I lived with a woman named Barbara who knew you, when I’d just arrived. You had been here for a little while. We uh. Bonded over some weird shit.” He let out a small chuckle then. It was awkward, because he didn’t know if Jason was from a time where he had died, he couldn’t remember all the little details of the story, or if he’d even gotten them at the time.
“I’m Ben Hargreeves.” He held out his hand, only because he knew that was what normal people did when they introduced themselves and not because he actually wanted to. He told himself to take a few deep breaths, and that everything was normal. “Sorry I’m not in a better mood.”