[ He must have? It was dark, and he was drunk, and - the Archives are just weird, so whatever! Whatever! He doesn't care. Just leave him alone weird boyfriend man.

Algric ... nods slightly. Tell him whatever you want, Jonah, he trusts you. And he knows his current self won't talk to Tobias again, so Jon saying he's Algric's boyfriend is fine by him.

So is, well. Nearly anything else. He'll stop Jonah from killing him, probably, but ... there's only grim satisfaction in his face as the compulsion sinks in.

Tobias opens his mouth to say something marginally civil - still rude, but not the worst - and finds something else torn out of his throat. ]

"Because I can. He's so weak that he won't even fight back. I'm pretty sure he likes it. Isn't that why he's with you? Seem to recall you being a complete prick to him basically always."