If he does happen to hear the muttering, he ignores it - he's not here to dig into personal business at all, and the only thing about Benedict he's concerned about is making sure he enjoys this.

"I'm going to see what sort of things you like and don't like. For example..." He pauses as he takes a moment to run his hands all through his hair, from his temples to along the back of his skull and down to the nape of his neck - seeing if there is anywhere of note where his touch feels nicer than others - then grabs a fistful of his hair and pulls his head back.

"How's this?"