[Jon side-eyes the hell out of that message, but manages to contain a snippy response.]
He wasn't one of the Not-Them, Tim. You realize 'Elias' is just the body Jonah Magnus is piloting around? He ripped out the original Elias Bouchard's eyes, stuck his own in, and erased the man who used to own that body. Just like he did to every head of the Institute from its inception.
cw: mention of body horror/eye removal
He wasn't one of the Not-Them, Tim.
You realize 'Elias' is just the body Jonah Magnus is piloting around?
He ripped out the original Elias Bouchard's eyes, stuck his own in, and erased the man who used to own that body.
Just like he did to every head of the Institute from its inception.