[ There are a number of comments Elias could make about that, beginning with it felt very real and only getting more sarcastic.
He refrains. He's aware of exactly how tenuous his connection to the Archivist is here, and while he's intimately familiar with the various strings that can be pulled to try to manipulate him, he isn't in a rush to squander the pensive mood Jon seems to be in. ]
Picking up old bad habits again, hm?
[ he means the smoking rather than the telling things sincerely to the man who would happily throw you to the wolves. ]
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He refrains. He's aware of exactly how tenuous his connection to the Archivist is here, and while he's intimately familiar with the various strings that can be pulled to try to manipulate him, he isn't in a rush to squander the pensive mood Jon seems to be in. ]
Picking up old bad habits again, hm?
[ he means the smoking rather than the telling things sincerely to the man who would happily throw you to the wolves. ]