Elias noticed the change in the other man's demeanor. A sort of seriousness. He was silent for a second, regarding Barrett. Did he seek something? Elias shouldn't have had anything to give, but he found himself looking at the other man with the same degree of seriousness. After a second, he answered. "You're a fine young man exactly the way you are. You shouldn't want to be something else."

He gave that comment a second to settle in before gulping down the last of his second cup of tea, breaking the moment with a casual ease. "Though really now. It's been wonderful talking with you, but the sun is going to set soon and I have work that needs to be done before then. Sunlight just makes the paint look so much better."