Anthony looked at the ground as Elijah spoke. This whole thing irritated him a bit, but he kept his cool—Elijah has no way of knowing how he actually feels and he shouldn't be mad at him about that.

"You aren't failing at anything," he said, hoping he was doing this whole communicating thing right. "I'm—I'm very happy. Maybe the happiest I've been in a long time. And—I'm sorry if it doesn't show or something, but.....everything you do isn't for nothing and I do appreciate everything." Anthony just, generally speaking, wasn't a man who smiled or was genuinely happy a lot. He made a mental note to himself to...try and smile more?