You're thinking of these things like they're humans, Elena. Like he has friends. You don't even know what they are but you can't give...a life to these things because you have no idea who they are or what they are. They could be dangerous.

( there are more questions than answers about his place but elena's already gotten attached to the spectres and elijah knows how dangerous that could be.

they don't know what these things are and what they can do. they don't know if the shadow was taking something lethal away or if the shadow was taking something innocent away.

it's all up in the air. )

We need to be careful.