Benny had clasped his hands over his head and tried to make himself as small as possible. It was reminiscent of his time in that little orphanage, when he had made himself small to avoid the bigger kids, the bullies and the nuns that always had a reason to smack him with a paddle or switch. They always had a reason, and they had always found him to take out that reason. The bullies, on the other hand, were tipped off by other children who were trying to earn points in the bigger kids' books, telling them where sweet, girly little Benny was hiding, ready for a new lesson in 'how to be a boy'. But his eyes went wide when he saw the newcomer tense as his guard went up. Of course he'd been seen, and now... what? Was he going to be attacked? Tossed out? He'd been here first but who really cared when it was a free trip? Few liked to share their free ride, after all. It was too risky. Numbers always got noticed. Singles were easy to hide.

He gasped when something came flying at him, and in a panic he dove away, struggling out of his bag an knocking the glasses right off his face as he scrabbled across the shorter end of the car, huddling under the hay he kicked up as he did so. He was here first and that strange little... dog? Cat? It had alerted its owner of Benny's presence and now he risked being scared off, hurt, killed. He had no idea who this guy was, he could have a gun, a knife. Benny had nothing, he didn't fight, he was too weak to fight. Gritting his teeth, Benny tried and no doubt failed to hide himself in the corner, feeling very much like a caged animal with no way to fight back but teeth and claws, neither of which were particularly deadly, and neither of which he would actually use. He wasn't the violent type, never had been. He shivered.