Ezra follows without hesitation, and sits. He ducks and smiles down at his cup, pleased at the happy sigh from Ben. Then he waits a little longer to let his cool a little before he takes a sip. Then he keep slowly sipping, eyes darting towards Ben to try to take cues.

Is this tea and talking, or tea and quiet?

Eventually he ventures, "You can ask me anything. My life's been a special level of weird for a while now, so my answers might not make much sense. I guess there's a few things I might have to...not tell you. But you can ask."