Elijah looked slowly up at Zechariah. He stared confused for a moment. "Of.. of course not. Why would anyone wish to blackmail you?"

He was brought to the topic so quickly, he hadn't connected the dots but looked over at the man in concern. "Wait. You're not a bad person. Are you saying.. " He was a lawyer and far sharper than Elijah in many ways, he'd believed he could handle himself in such a way. He tried to think what he could mean. Had Zechariah been through something similar? He was acting strangely kind and concerned.

"Have you... Had someone try to ruin your life through a paper?"