[See, the thing is, he would also do a blood pact if he thought it would make a friend feel better. This is a very sane and acceptable thing to do? Well, besides the part where she made her hand go owie and a pinkie swear would have probably been just as good for him.

The two-hundred dead children is a little less sane for him, though, and he sucks in a breath while rubbing at his face. Hope Eli enjoys the insanity of the locked tomb series, too.]

I'm... sorry. That I saw that. [Haltingly. It's a lot! He chews on his lower lip for a second, debating whether or not to acknowledge it, but.] It's... hard. To know you were only born because someone else died so you could exist.

[Being someone else's corpse, kind of, is not the relatable content he expected to see in the void today.]