"Maybe now but that doesn't mean it won't get worse. One of Gertrude's tapes, in it a man came in and talked about some- some horrible creature lurking under Alexandria. Gertrude said it was probably an Archivist once, and when I asked Elias- ha, like he's ever going to give a straight answer. The one person I'd like to be able to compel."

Well he's on a roll now, a week of tension finally snapping. "I can't not worry about it, ever since Jude I just- I should have known what I was doing was stupid but the very idea of stopping seemed impossible. If I went to you, if I went to Georgie, you would stop me. That's the worst part, isn't it? I wasn't even worried about you getting involved so much as I couldn't have you stop me from learning more. Because you could, Martin, I really think you could have stopped me and somehow that's more frightening than anything. What would Elias do to you then? Or this Eye?"