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“Jon, do you still not understand?” Elias’ tone held a slight sense of impatience. Jon had much more important things to worry about and yet here he was continuing to set his sights on his own boss as the enemy. Elias knew he needed to tread carefully all the same, lest his Archivist overcome himself and try to finish him off himself. Not that Elias was worried.
He held his hand briefly to his own chest, emphasizing his point as he kept his eyes locked into Jon’s, “We are on the same side. We always have been. I understand you may wish to keep this relationship - professional, but it will not do you any good to try and fight with me. I am but a man, after all.”
He didn’t have to peek into Jon’s mind to know the sort of struggle he was enduring. Thrust into this world he surely barely understands, dealing with the Stranger’s ritual on top of everything else. It was enough so quickly to make anyone go mad, yet he was succeeding in every way Elias hoped he would. Dumb luck? Maybe. But, after all these years, he was due for some. It was a balancing act if anything, a tight rope walk.
“I understand your frustration, but I want to assure you that everything is done with good intentions. You will thank me one day.”
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"You know what side," as impatient as Elias had started to become, it was only because he was quickly frustrated with the way Jon insisted on pestering him for help instead of just knowing it for himself. Still too fresh in his power, to young in it. It was, in a way, a good thing as Elias was sure once he figured it out for himself he might peek into his boss's mind and see all the answers he might not like for himself. The pestering would have to do for now.
He exhaled a sigh, debating his options for another moment, "We know the Stranger is preparing a ritual, but it's not as if I have the answers of when and where. Gertrude was the one meant to figure that out. And as secretive as she had become... She likely did. Therefore it only stands to reason that everything you need to know is there in the archives. There's little else I can do for you personally."
The old woman had become such a nuisance in her last days, hiding things and certain statements in ways that Elias was not able to see them. She became so defiant as the years went on, it was clear to see he would be more in a hurry this time around. Jon was already resistant to Elias's words, if he knew all that Gertrude did he might try the same thing she did.
They can't afford to be set back like that. Not now.
"Your job is to record the statements. Whatever you need to know is in there, hidden and disorganized thanks to your predecessor. That's how you'll find your answers."