Damien didn't need to hear any more than that. "Well.." he said after a pause, "maybe you don't have to go to him. Maybe he wants to come to you." He looked at the elephant calmly then. About a minute passed. The animal seemed cautious for a moment, and as Damien stared, it came closer to the fence and held its trunk to it.
It would seem to those who saw it, that the elephant just decided to come to the fence. Damien smiled at his nephew then. "There, see. Just.. there, right against the fence. I think he might like to be petted."