"He got out again," Jon confirms. "And he's just as free in Deerington as you or I are."
At this last bit, though, he looks a bit taken aback. Had he really been— yes, of course he had.
"God, no. Not at this point." Not after what he did to Melanie. What Jon can only imagine he did to Martin. "We found the tape of him killing Gertrude Robinson. She'd been trying to burn down the Institute."
She'd been planning to quit. He— he needs to tell Tim about quitting, owes it to Tim. He'd wanted to tell Tim more than anyone, when he'd found out, but by then... it had been well after the Unknowing. It had been far too late.
"There's more besides that." Still no answers; still no true understanding of why. He'd ripped a man apart trying to Know, and Elias seems to regard that as no more than an impolite inconvenience. But: "Elias is Jonah Magnus. He's been jumping between bodies to keep himself alive, all this time, while his real body is deep below the Institute."
tagging this for TMA 159 spoilers just in case
At this last bit, though, he looks a bit taken aback. Had he really been— yes, of course he had.
"God, no. Not at this point." Not after what he did to Melanie. What Jon can only imagine he did to Martin. "We found the tape of him killing Gertrude Robinson. She'd been trying to burn down the Institute."
She'd been planning to quit. He— he needs to tell Tim about quitting, owes it to Tim. He'd wanted to tell Tim more than anyone, when he'd found out, but by then... it had been well after the Unknowing. It had been far too late.
"There's more besides that." Still no answers; still no true understanding of why. He'd ripped a man apart trying to Know, and Elias seems to regard that as no more than an impolite inconvenience. But: "Elias is Jonah Magnus. He's been jumping between bodies to keep himself alive, all this time, while his real body is deep below the Institute."