Oh Jon. You might own the building but you don't understand all that goes into a business. Or where your money can end up if you aren't the one managing it.
[Elias gives him such a patient look.]
The point is that you don't have the power you think you do, Jon. You never have. You will cycle away but always gravitate right back to the Eye because you chose to belong to it. You chose to be my Archivist. Even as a hobby everything you do is for the Eye. Run and run and run but you'll find yourself running where I want you. Where it wants you.
[It's almost like the eye is right behind him. Staring down at Jon, supporting Elias. Approving of him.]
So you may as well do your little hobby here. Because in the end everything you do will still be for the Institute simply due to the fact that you made a choice you cannot take back.
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[Elias gives him such a patient look.]
The point is that you don't have the power you think you do, Jon. You never have. You will cycle away but always gravitate right back to the Eye because you chose to belong to it. You chose to be my Archivist. Even as a hobby everything you do is for the Eye. Run and run and run but you'll find yourself running where I want you. Where it wants you.
[It's almost like the eye is right behind him. Staring down at Jon, supporting Elias. Approving of him.]
So you may as well do your little hobby here. Because in the end everything you do will still be for the Institute simply due to the fact that you made a choice you cannot take back.