[ More circumspect, and unhelpful. Lark, please. ]
We are similar in our service to the Eye, yes. But the nature of our service is very different.
Jonathan is the Archive. He is a record of fears, The Fears, and the times and ways in which they have intersected with our world. The record is physical, marking him bodily, as well as mental, spiritual you might say. As such, he needs to observe fear in much the same way you need air and food and sleep. That is what sustains him, and without it he will die.
[ It's-- mostly true. Elias is fairly certain that Jon himself doesn't know yet the extent of what he is, not having lived through the apocalypse. But it's true enough to tell Lark. ]
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We are similar in our service to the Eye, yes. But the nature of our service is very different.
Jonathan is the Archive. He is a record of fears, The Fears, and the times and ways in which they have intersected with our world. The record is physical, marking him bodily, as well as mental, spiritual you might say. As such, he needs to observe fear in much the same way you need air and food and sleep. That is what sustains him, and without it he will die.
[ It's-- mostly true. Elias is fairly certain that Jon himself doesn't know yet the extent of what he is, not having lived through the apocalypse. But it's true enough to tell Lark. ]