mag92 being set up as a recording elias makes where at the beginning he calls the police and reads out the letter barnabas wrote to jonah (and also tells him the only point of having friends is to observe and discard them) before jon and the others even enter the scene is SO tasty. im imagining jon listening and relistening to the tape later and feeling a rush of conflicting emotions… the thrill of a new statement (AND new information about jonah magnus!), the resentment towards elias for running him ragged while keeping necessary information guarded, the shame of remembering how easily elias outwitted them in that confrontation, the vulnerability of their private conversation…