Yeah that was a priceless scene. Maybe that kind of threw Ben thinking mind for a loop. I could oh most hear Hurley thoughts toward Ben "Dude don't even think it"

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Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west
Like a fire in the cavernous darkness at the heart of the beast
With my beliefs and possessions, stopped at the frontier in my chest
At the edge of my country, my back to the sea, looking east