[ CW FOR THE STORY BELOW: unhealthy coping mechanism ]
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[ ben has nightmares and is also often lonely, he does have many friends and a partner, however he often feels left out of things or just lonely. He will spend days in his room, or out with humans in his human form, always keeping a phone or gameboy on him so he could roam outside of the manor. Trough life he felt so many stressful things, he had a ton of shitty coping mechanism in his life outside of the game [ like not sleeping, consuming too much caffeine, smoking, drinking and other] but one that he found was good and found most comfort in was going back into his game and riding with Epona.

He felt safe and content with her, nostalgic but in a happy way. They would spend hours just riding around, taking in the scenery and those are some of the rare times Ben would genuinely rest well. He may not be as small as he was when he originally rode Epona, and cant lay on her like he used to be able to, but she makes sure he is comfortable and safe. ]