Elias only feeding Jon with small statements, not filling by any means, but enough to leave him wanting more. Enough to make him come back again and again until Jon can only rely on Elias to give him what they both know he needs.
jonah magnus peggy sues from 200 to 001, thinks "that was Excellent, i shall do everything the same except this time seduce my archivist so he doesn't want to kill me"