Elijah was a kind man, and had been a kind teen when Simon was a child. Surprisingly kind for what he had been through. He supposed taking pity on criminals was what had finally made him lose the job. Well, he was home here. The whole fishing community had basically felt responsible for him and made sure to look out for him when his parents had died. Elijah had been at their place a lot and his parents had always treated him with kindness. To Simon he had been like a cousin or a much older brother who had already moved out.

"Well, I'm glad you're happy to be back." He almost told Elijah that he would hate it and that he was planning to go to York one day and never come back, but he held his tongue in case Elijah talked. When father had found out about his plan before, he had gone ballistic. "What's York like?" he asked eagerly.