3. Ben is indeed annoyed by the tourists-- their gabbling is loud and, frankly, boring. If there's anything the Island taught him, it's that the feel of a place is so much more important than the specifics of its culture or technology. The heart of a place-- that's where the lasting power is. The permanence.
He hangs back from the crowd as often as he can, letting someone else try to explain the significance of the smooth stone archways and the symbols adorning them. There are still too many unanswered questions anyway. He opts instead to surreptitiously touch nearly everything, resting a hand here and there while the guide isn't looking. In some ways this place is like certain areas on the Island (Jacob's Temple comes to mind); in others it's very different.
He doesn't know what he's expecting to get out of this, exactly. It's more a 'know it when you see it' sort of thing. But one thing he's determined about: if this place is going to speak to anyone, it'll be Ben Linus first.
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He hangs back from the crowd as often as he can, letting someone else try to explain the significance of the smooth stone archways and the symbols adorning them. There are still too many unanswered questions anyway. He opts instead to surreptitiously touch nearly everything, resting a hand here and there while the guide isn't looking. In some ways this place is like certain areas on the Island (Jacob's Temple comes to mind); in others it's very different.
He doesn't know what he's expecting to get out of this, exactly. It's more a 'know it when you see it' sort of thing. But one thing he's determined about: if this place is going to speak to anyone, it'll be Ben Linus first.