When it registered that some kind of weapon was being pointed at him, Ben forced down his immediate urge to attack and took a step back, holding his hands up defensively. Or offensively. Whichever turned out to be necessary.

"Hey, it's okay! I'm a superhero," he explained. "I'm not planning to set you on fire or anything." He didn't add 'so how about putting down the trident', but he figured it was implied. The guy didn't seem actually malicious yet, and it wasn't like Heatblast didn't tend to freak people out.

He took a single, cautious step forward, hands still up. "I just wanna know, though - what are you doing up here?"