He stumbles backward, not just confused, but hurt. Ben had come to the stables. He'd popped in. He hadn't had to. And then this? For several beats he's silent, looking at Ben, and then he turns and walks away without another word. Fine. Maybe some missions were meant to be lost after all, because he's not going to have something to do with someone who would put hands on him in anger, no matter what small suspicions he has after that touch.