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“I could never be as good of an Archivist as Gertrude.” - Jon says, standing next to Martin, Melanie, Georgie, and Basira who he kept alive during the fearapoclypse despite Gertrude losing all of her assistants.

“I could never be as good of an Archivist as Gertrude.” - Jon says, his hands stained with the ashes of Gerry’s page and the blood of Elias Bouchard because he finished the things Gertrude left incomplete.

“I could never be as good of an Archivist as Gertrude.” - Jon says, after holding onto his humanity even as he slipped into avatarism while Gertrude’s humanity starting slipping while she was still human.

“I could never be as good of an Archivist as Gertrude.” - Jon says, after sending the fears somewhere else for once and for all.

Gertrude was a fantastic Archivist in the practical sense. She did all the right things to keep the fears in cheek and had noble intentions even if her methods were harsh. However, as her successor Jon was able to complete the puzzle she started by adding the final piece she has been missing: Bringing humanity into the equation.