Yeah, that's Ben. [There's a fond smile here that's probably totally incongruous with what she's seen of Ben so far. Which is creepiness.] He grows on you.

[He stops with the weights completely at her hesitation. He doesn't know if she thinks he's stupid or what, but.]

I'm still here. Bruce stayed on for a while, and then he had to go take care of some things at home. Make things right. This really wasn't a good place for him to stay long-term.

[Which doesn't answer the unspoken question, it doesn't tell her why, but it's somewhere to start, anyway.]