“I… I don’t know,” he admitted, shaking his head as he eyed the boy skeptically. “You know what I am. I know you do. You’re a clever boy, after all. Don’t offer something like that… you don’t want me to do that, trust me.”
☆彡 There probably wasn’t a logical argument to it, but hell if the boy didn’t try to find one anyway. “It’s fine… If it helps you, I don’t mind.” He shifted closer to the elder, watching him in concern. “I just want to help…”