Anthony tensed up briefly at the touch, but relaxed a mere moment after that. He'd given up on holding back his tears, now, just straight-up crying in Elijah's face. "Alright, okay," he nodded, finding it difficult to speak, for a moment. He didn't expect Elijah to actually respond like this, and for a second he didn't know what to do as a response to it, so he just chose to hold onto Elijah and cry. "thank...you."