Elyas allows Silvio to enjoy the recently deceased, but still pristine leaf for just a little while longer before he decides that's enough. The wolf's time with his leaf has come to an end. Elyas gets his hand in under Silvio's, between it and his new leaf, letting the wolf feel as he traces it himself. Allow Silvio's hand to cover his as his fingers follow the edge of the leaf then run over all of it's many veins.

"Humans preserve things all the time, don't they? They seem to like keeping things around for an unnatural amount of time. So how do they do it?"