"Okay, so we've got that all cleared up," Anthony said, inching closer to Elijah again. He felt bad about not understanding all the cues, but tried not to dwell on that guilt for too long. "if I didn't want to, then I would just say so. Trust me on that, at least, Elijah." He laughed softly to himself as an end to his sentence, and held Elijah's face gently in his hands.