Elijah stared at him with his own small frown. He didn't want to get on Ben's bad side. Life was hard, that was why it was so important to find the small joys you can and to make things easier on people whenever possible. He gave an apologetic glance to Simon then back. The change in conversation had him tug at his collar. "Oh, well I don't know. I have never been good at talking to girls and I'm not handsome. I am also so busy with my job, i do not know when I would find the time. But perhaps... we will see.. " He wouldn't do that, not to himself nor the poor woman that somehow found herself desperate enough to actually like the scarecrow of a man.