[Kieran's gotten good at getting his comm to speak text to him whenever he's finding it a bit too difficult to parse through. It's frustrating at first, sure, not being able to get through what he's pretty sure is a short bit of writing (even if it looks like a novel to him), but it quickly subsides when he hears exactly what Ami has to say.]
[AUDIO][PRETEND THIS IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH]
So... Ben's gone, huh?
[The tone of his voice isn't much above 'numb'.]