Does The Distortion/Michael know who Elias really is? Or does he just think Elias became a dick and never bothered to change its mind.

Did a freshly twisted Michael try to go to Elias like Helen went to Jon? Not because they were friends or anything but because Elias was the last thing that was familiar to that little piece still left in it that is Michael.

Because I’m pretty sure Elias knows what happened to Micahel. “What about him? An irritant. Interfering because he’s bored, and he resents us. He has no purpose –”