[Benjamin doesn't have to remember how he got them back to know them by sight.
"I remember these- And you!"
His hand reaches out to take the sleeve from Antonio, setting it in his lap and unrolling the sleeve over his knees.
The silver gleams at him, and for a moment there's only a shrill scream in his ears, like a factory whistle, there's blood on his hands, there's curly, greasy hair clenched in his fist and the pressure of a finely sharpened blade slicing through flesh like butter--]
...Thank you.
[He takes one of the razors out and turns it over in his hand, the swooping vines and tiny, intricate details of the chased silver handles catching the harsh light of the locker room. To say the weight of it in his hand was familiar would be doing a disservice to the word 'familiar' - it felt like home, like an oath. Like an old friend. The silver is warm in his hand, as warm as if he'd barely set it down, instead of it being missing for weeks.
He looks at Antonio, then, as if he'd just remembered he was there, and then smiles.]
no problem!
"I remember these- And you!"
His hand reaches out to take the sleeve from Antonio, setting it in his lap and unrolling the sleeve over his knees.
The silver gleams at him, and for a moment there's only a shrill scream in his ears, like a factory whistle, there's blood on his hands, there's curly, greasy hair clenched in his fist and the pressure of a finely sharpened blade slicing through flesh like butter--]
...Thank you.
[He takes one of the razors out and turns it over in his hand, the swooping vines and tiny, intricate details of the chased silver handles catching the harsh light of the locker room. To say the weight of it in his hand was familiar would be doing a disservice to the word 'familiar' - it felt like home, like an oath. Like an old friend. The silver is warm in his hand, as warm as if he'd barely set it down, instead of it being missing for weeks.
He looks at Antonio, then, as if he'd just remembered he was there, and then smiles.]
I believe I owe you a proper shave, my friend.