and an excerpt from what I wrote for Elliott's back-story:

"..despite his keen sense of diction and communication, he could not find the right words to circumvent her depression. It’s as if he had misplaced the one idea that could have saved her – an idea that he has a hard time defining even now. He seems to be searching for it still, but knows now that his words are not what saves a person – the salvation, so to speak, is not from the speaker, but in the hearer’s realization that the words are true – that potential is a myth – that a person’s life is exactly what it should be – that death should be an honorable end to a life that was actually lived and not faked – a selfless existence based on service and not flattery."

Josh, we're on our way buddy.