Elijah's brow shot up. "What? W-why would you ask that?! I would miss you even if you I didn't see you for a few days. Of course I would miss you if you died! H-how can you ask me that?!" He spoke a bit passionately, but he knew Anthony and the things he spoke of. He was clearly worried of his mental health and what his words could have meant. True, he might just be saying that as he worried about his life having come so close to death, but Elijah feared something far worse.

"You know how much I care about you, and I already told you I did not want to lose you."