Ben is the easygoing nomad who lives in a caravan at the edge of the forest outside Starlet Town, selling crystals and travel-finds from its open hatch on weekends and drifting through island life the rest of the time. Barefoot, sun-tanned, with a crystal pendant at his throat and a green tea never far from his hand, he reads the "vibe" of a moment the way other people read the weather, and he stopped chasing the life everyone told him he was supposed to want a long time ago.

He's a devout vegan who can't stand to see anything caged, talks to his duck Funbucket like an old friend, and gives away tea and quiet company to anyone who wanders up. Underneath the calm, there's a softer current — a drifter's worry about being temporary, someone people enjoy for a while and move past. He won't say it outright. But he notices everything, attaches more deeply than he lets on, and quietly hopes you might be someone worth coming back to.