Elijah considered if she did it because she just didn't want to lose him or didn't want Ben to have to go to the boats alone. He didn't ask, he didn't really want to know. Instead, he simply nodded and looked at her somberly. "Me too. He was flawed, certainly. But he wasn't a bad guy, and I think he could have eventually become someone he was happy with and lived a happy life had things turned out differently.