Elicia-chan is also a child, Adele. She hasn't yet learned the ways that us grown-ups have.

[And it was probably for the better. His unwillingness to accept the circumstances and adapt was what left him so powerless in comparison with the rest of the village. He had his wits, but they could only take him so far.

Lupin took note of Adele's weariness, of how it mimicked his own in many ways. His plans over the last month, all of them, had backfired.]

...I only did what I did to make you smile, you know.