Ben got up, sat down next to Elijah and put an arm around his shoulders. Elijah had always been so sensitive, from childhood on, and Ben had often worried about him, and about how other children treated him. And even now that he was a man, he still seemed too sensitive and kind for this world. "Ye mustn't talk like that about yerself, Elijah. If anyone's deserving of friends, it's you. You're the kindest person I know. But ye mustn't let people mistreat ye," he had an idea whom Elijah was referring to. "Ye don't deserve bein' used or mistreated, and ye must stand up for yerself."