Her initial statement made him smile but didn't elicit a response, he just cracked looked down at her through the short distance. Pulling his head back to watch her motion with her hand, Elijah hesitated, his smile withering a little at the edges. Apparently he was hoping for another easy question about one of his scars, but this one threw him off. "T-that's a bit harder to explain." Squirming slightly, he looked away, looking for a way to tell her the truth but not sound pathetic. "To put it simply?" His nerves suddenly came back, blocking off most of his capability to think. "From the beginning." The blushing response was immediate, and he was afraid to look back at her... Afraid to move. His whole body went still as he awaited her reaction.