Ben's voice brings him out of his reverie. He gives him a glance; he doesn't appear to be peeved the kid interrupted his obviously very important train of thought, but he does kind of look like he's assessing whether he'd make a good audience or not.

Considering he almost immediately opens his mouth to share his woes, the answer appears to be yes.

"Not really." he sighs, in a somewhat overdramatic fashion. "I can't believe they still haven't made a series about one of the rising stars of the superhero world!"