Anthony was surprised by Elijah basically dragging him in by his hand, but didn't say anything of it, mostly just pleased to be home. Most of that pleasure instantly disappeared, though, as Elijah spoke again. He was nervous about this all—he could definitely see himself playing the same part as that young man, and that scared him. And he was truly, genuinely scared about that. The best he could do to hide that fear was just pretending it wasn't there, gently squeezing Elijah's hands and nodding slowly. "Okay," he said. His voice was small and all he was feeling was probably incredibly obvious.