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You'd never get farther than the front desk.

You don't have anything to keep his gaze from finding you. You... [Sigh.] You need something he can't possibly tear his eyes away from.

I mean. I'm really okay with setting the place on fire.

You're probably not surprised to hear it's the first idea that comes to mind at the moment.

Since you're absolutely not suggesting bait.

Of course not.

A decoy is different.

I'm pretty sure we're quibbling semantics now.

If you want to just come with us? Sure. Okay, we can plan on that.

But inviting him to take a bite out of you? Are you absolutely sure you're going to be able to walk back out of that? Because if not, it's a NOPE.

[He's quiet for a minute, just watching the other three.]

Algric doesn't want me near it.

In which case, this should probably be a discussion for all three of us.

[Are you actually asking the other parent because Martin said no Jonah.]

[LISTEN!!!!

He does give a little tiny baby huff at that.]

He won't hear of it.

Ahhh, had a row over it?

Sort of. I was more angry at the thought you both planned to just... Leave and do it without saying anything.

Tim, if I lost either of you..

[His hands ball into fists against his trousers before relaxing.]

He at least promised to tell me when you leave.

Hey... hey you're not. One of us, any of us dying really blows the point of this whole thing.

But you weren't even planning to tell me.

Not... at the time that we thought about it. It likely would have been a hold up, we should probably pull everyone in before actually doing it.

[Of course, probably isn't definitely. And certainly isn't what happened.]

Probably.

[Deep breath. Slow exhale.]

You both have to come back.

We will. We've got this.

You had better. I will never forgive either of you otherwise.

Absolutely.

It's just.. with him there you're constantly in danger. It's.. like that feeling, but mine, you know?

[He just wants to murder him a little.]

[He said he is choosing to trust in them. He has to, otherwise... What's the point, he may as well put compulsions in both their heads. And he doesn't want to go down that road. It would only become easier to do it over and over after that, and would they ever truly be making their own choices again? Would they ever trust him or their own actions if he did?

No he has to trust this.]

I- yes. I know.

[Not only that, but Tim would realize immediately, due to the one and only compulsion he'd ever asked for. Nothing would recover from THAT. But the Eye's power IS addictive, in its own extremes.

He just reaches out for Jonah's hand.]

Hey... there's plenty of time to talk this through.

[His hand is nervous under Timothy's, like it's ready to bolt and get away from that warm touch.]

There is. [Sigh.] Look, he. Already promised me that, and that I wouldn't go. Seems fairly talked about already.

All right.

[He breathes out, fingers curling around Jonah's. That's? More of a relief than he expected it to be, actually. There's no small amount of worry as to what would happen if Jonah WERE to walk in.]

Good. I'll keep mine.

Could I ask one other favor of you?

Yeah? Of course.

[He thumbs along the new ring on his finger, spinning it a bit anxious.]

Don't burn that place down. I... Still want to know some things he's had hidden there.

I... yeah. Yeah I can try real hard on that one.

No guarantees about HIM though.

...

Do you... have a suspicion there? Or just an assumption he's a miserable pile of secrets.

He is definitely a miserable pile of secrets.

But also, I... I want to know what he knows and has known for two hundred years.

[Sure he's had research and information about the rituals and Elias will eventually know how to summon them here, but. If there's anything to the opposite... He'd keep it close, Jonah feels like. Well hidden. Jonah wants it.]