Elijah waved him off. "There is no bad lot, there are just people. Some are bad, but most are people who just make mistakes. Like Simon. It was no trouble, it gave me an extra excuse to come see you all sooner. He is at the age where lots of men become.. restless and sometimes bothered by their own lives. Usually it is a phase. I think letting him have a little space wouldn't hurt.." He immediately had to turn it around so Ben didn't get the wrong idea. "But.. I'm not a father, nor do I think I ever will be. It is only a theory from some of the things I've seen. I can't even pretend to know what really works for different people. He is your son after all.." He smiled weakly.