Elijah gasped and helped Simon up, checking his injuries and stared at Ben wide eyed. "WHy on earth would you do that?!" He stood between them and looked at Ben. "I think of you like a father, Ben. So I do not want to do this, but you can not just strike him because you are angry! You can not answer my question. You have nothing to say then. You can not just hit someone by assumption! This is.. cruelty!"