#00.06

Klaus had Ben following him around for a decade and a half. Being his only consistent company, his only sober friend, at times his only friend period, and he never once let on that he was even still there. He intentionally left Ben tied to only him, actively preventing him from communing with his family, in an eternal state of looking through one way mirrors, watching the people he loved more than anything split up, get back together, and tear each other apart again. And that's so beautifully, tragically in character. He was so scared of being used for his powers, being lowered back to a middle man like when they were kids, that he held his best friend away from his family for fear that they would both forget him. He couldn't stand the thought of being invisible, so he made sure he was the only one anybody could see.

“Bir eşik var, sürekli bir o tarafa bir bu tarafa geçip duruyorum. Bir eşik var, geçtiğimde kendime geleceğim biliyorum.”

Don't imagine the umbrella academy training after Ben died. Don't imagine Ben standing next to Klaus as he practices his moves and not being able to give him advice because due to his physical power he never had to train in martial arts as much. Don't imagine Ben seeing Reginald walking among the kids and coming towards Klaus to check him and immediately raising his fists to pretend he was also training, only to have Reginald walk right through him. Don't imagine this being the first time Ben realizes that he's really dead, while Klaus is still turned around fighting, not having noticed what happened.