Joseph was surprised when Elissa withdrew herself away from him, he wasn’t sure what he’d said or done to upset her, and he really didn’t want to make it worse, he found her temperament hard to gauge and predict. He gathered though, she seemed to interpret his words as some kind of rejection, perhaps that made her feel entirely hopeless? “I just mean you don’t have to do any of this.. to stay, to work with us, to work with me” he elaborated, “I know Rhea will come around…”, he did consider if the whole thing between them was a bad idea, it could certainly complicate matters, especially if she expected anything more from him, despite her claims she understood his way of life. The Captain let out a deep sigh, he let his head fall back against the door, exposing his neck, he didn’t look at Elissa but ahead to nowhere in particular, “I think you deserve someone who can [i]be[/i] with you, Elissa” he expressed after a short pause.