Elijah shrugged, "You'd be surprised how often parents are bad at dealing with them too. I guess I can't talk though, I never tried to raise any." Of course, a small part of him would have loved to adopt one or two. He knew better than that though. What he wanted and what he could logically have were very different. "It's fine though. You don't even have to completely care for yourself any more, I am here." he smiled brightly. "I'll help in any way I can if you wanted me to."