both of you are obviously correct but i’m throwing this significantly more deranged option completely unsupported by the text into the mix: melanie assumes/has seen jon and elias make their coffee together in the morning
you (sane): elias is just dismissively moving the conversation forward. he knows the coffee is poisoned and wants this clumsy half baked “assassination” attempt to be over quickly because he has paperwork to get back to
me (insane): IT’S ACTUALLY TEXTUAL EVIDENCE THAT ELIAS CONFIRMS
