Elijah shrugged. "But forgiveness takes two people. One must truly want to be forgiven and the other must want to give it. Sometimes, someone does something big enough that simply wishing for it may not be enough no matter how sincere they are. But.. I mean. I am no man well versed in faith. I just believe what I feel and perhaps I'm not knowledgeable enough to speak about it." He looked embarrassed and stood. "I should wash this so your maid doesn't have to."