[ Yikeasroni it is only getting worse, huh? Ben is just gonna have to plow through his creeped-out vibes and try to get as much information as he can. ]

Whose curses and crying? Maybe talking about it will help ease your guilty conscience a bit.

[ Pure manipulation right there. He just wants to know what happened, he has absolutely no investment in comforting whatever the hell this voice is. ]

No, I'm not just going to blindly agree to help someone who admits they can't be trusted, when I don't even know what kind of help I would be agreeing to. No way. If you want to work together, you're gonna have to convince me it won't just be making things worse for everybody here.