Ben tries to haul them back in, but when he does end up managing to get them sucked back in, he stumbles back to the wall, slamming against it before he can gore anyone, which is good. He doubts they'd be letting him stay if he suddenly managed to kill someone on the first day.

Staring warily at the man, Ben's not sure what he ought to be worrying about. "Are tentacles a thing you have in your world?" Best to start off with figuring out how weird this is, he guesses.