Guys, I have lost all sense of normalcy.
I am squeeeeing about metaphysical intimacy. Let the budding eldritch horrors undertand each other in a way no one else can comprehend. Let them Know each other. Even more, let them Understand each other while still being repulsed by the other’s motivations. But let them acknowledge that despite all the moral justification that lets them denounce the other’s actions, there is beauty in what the other has done. A beauty that one must be an eldritch horror themself to undertand.
Anyway, as much as Jon hates Elias, he is uniquely positioned to understand him. And see the beauty in his self centred villainy.