"That would be neither practical nor wanted, I believe."

Even if he really, really wants to, sometimes. That's not actually a good idea. Partner Elijah taught him that. Still, humans are just so... fragile, alarmingly so, briefly alive but so alive, and the urge to protect them from themselves is strong, even if it does more harm in the long term.

"Would you tell me what you did?" Or think it to him, if she prefers.