[Egon doesn't look at Marco at all. He's not good at this sort of thing, but at the very least the Merman has never elicited the worst from him. He looks at his arm, then at Marco's hand.]

Then what is it?

Elias is a child, and he deserves to be a child. He won't listen to me and I can't blame him for that, but I stand by that his power is corrupting him.