"I don't know. I think he may just be waiting to see what happens, if I tell you or you find out yourself. That's something he's been keen on claiming is natural for us. Observation, even if that inaction is at the price of others."

He takes a sip of his tea and yes, both the tea and Martin did make things a little better. He wishes he had a spare hand to take Martin's but he'd have to finish his tea first, huh. "I've been wondering that myself- I mean, if an archivist is supposed to be an observer why would we be the ones to take action here? And why did Gertrude want to destroy the Archives at all, did she think that would help or was she taking everyone down with her? Why did Elias pick us anyway for all this nonsense?"