Elijah smiled weakly. "You and me, both. I want to help him and trying to chase him down or scare him about prison don't work. Part of it is pride and wanting to hold onto this tough reputation, the other part.. well you probably won't meet his parents. His father is an abusive drunk and his mother spends all day laundering clothes for a living or trying to keep his four younger siblings in line. He hates being home and doesn't get much in food or peaceful shelter so he is almost never there."