Wait. He wasn't expecting that. He thought he had time to prepare for this shit. Anthony stayed silent for a moment, avoiding looking at Elijah. "Yeah, so..." his voice was shaky as he spoke. Here goes absolutely fucking nothing. "when I said that I like tall men that wasn't actually bad phrasing or a mistake or anything—well it was a mistake because I didn't really intend to say that—but I actually meant that and I actually like men in like a romantic and sexual way and that." He caught his breath after the run-on sentence, ready to fucking run for it if necessary.