Best for the family should be best for the individuals... but they clearly came from different types of families. Elliot didn't truly understand what they wanted or why it was so terrible that Callan chose this life instead, but he could clearly see the vampire's expression. He sounded hopeless talking about the easy life he could have had... could still have by the sounds of it. Whims of a child... Elliot only had a vague understanding of how vampires aged, though he would now be ageing alongside them, he could only assume this was long ago. He also assumed this related to the human everyone seemed to eager to share about.<br/><br/>"I suppose it is not vital..." He  acquiesced looking down at his hands, it wasn't about sullying names, though that was why he couldn't just run away home, "I compared it to a marriage between humans. Approached it with all the ideas of a marriage, partners, equals... but that's not what it is. Not really... It's a contract, like with the forest creatures... but I don't know what my part of the deal is... I don't want you to lie or anything that certainly wouldn't work long term..." He sighed, it wasn't as if he expected intimacy or declarations of love... Maybe this was normal and he was just rushing things... "I'm tired," He finished exhausted by this line of conversation on top of everything else that had happened.