Benjamin returned the smile. "I'm glad I am," he said to her. "I'm more of the music and art department," he explained. "I do read books sometimes, usually when I travel, but I will check out the books they have here." He looked at her. "It's great that you write though, I'm not very good at that myself. I understand how your anxiety stops you from showing it to others. I have no anxiety, but even I feel nervous when someone I don't know looks at my drawings. You never know how people will react to something so personal as something you created yourself."

He watched a male nurse walking with a female catatonic patient. One of the more severe conditions in this place. While there were certainly normal patients here, like Artemis, it was depressing to see the stage others were in.