[Elijah chews at his lip at the question, and holds his breath, trying not to disappoint this man once more. How many more ways can he hurt someone? It was terrible to do this, and he knew it, but he kept coming back. Kept torturing Kyle, over and over again.]

No, like I said. I will go over those memories when I'm ready. I - I just wanted to talk about losing a friend. Is that okay still? [he waits, listening to Kyle's heart through the echo on the phone, hearing the anxious sound of voice, and knowing that Elijah should have called someone else, but Nik wasn't around]