Anthony glanced briefly at the cat as Elijah stroked it's hesr, and then turned his attention back to the latter. Though the wording of the sentence confused him for a brief moment, the meaning behind it was not lost to him, and he smiled in appreciation. "I mean, there's a lot of reasons why not a lot of people would want to be friends with me, but I won't deny a compliment," he said. "I guess I'm happy about it as well, Elijah."