Ben took a couple of more sips from his tea. Tea always calmed him down no matter what kind of stress he was under. He also took a few more pieces of fruit and slowly ate them.

“Complicated relationships are never fun. My last one was always complicated.” He didn’t like hearing that this form of his mother was dealing with that though. He also wasn’t going to offer his help as he didn’t want to screw anything else up.

“Yeah, I’ll have to do more exploring here at some point. Libraries are always my favorite place to go especially if I want peace and quiet.” He noticed how many books she had here and nodded a bit. “Small towns aren’t horrible. At least that I know of.”