It works, just on the side of insinuous enough to set off the bloom of color in Elliott's face he's always hard-pressed to control.

'Don't get into trouble' seems to be a recurring theme, lately. It occurs to him that there's a lot of trouble he could have been getting into while his mom was away in her business trip, but simply hasn't thought to.

He clears his throat and fidgets at his laptop keys, attempting to refocus.

"I won't," he assures. "I'm not- I mean, other than environmental activism rallies, I don't want to cause problems for anyone."