[Orpheus' voice is very easy to listen to. He's a nice boy in so many other ways as well, of course. Very agreeable and easy to get along with. So different from the men on the chain gang with him

Benjamin nods his agreement, looking from Orpheus down at the table.]

Right you are, lad.

[But he still sounds a little distracted, anyway, before he takes a deep breath and straightens his shoulders to look back up at Orpheus.]

I want to thank you. You've been a friend to me, and everyone else here. It's made it a little easier to make the best of an awful situation.