The Archivist regards him curiously when he says that. He still doesn't understand. Why would someone want to help a monster? He knows the stories that have been told about him, some of them at least. They'd taken great pleasure in letting him know what they were telling the people about him, once they'd sealed Elias away and left him alone. Spirits and gods and elements transformed through their words into demons and monsters and beasts.

"I- I'd like that. It's been a very long time."

And maybe if Martin brings him the right things to read, he might heal a little, regain a modicum of strength, although the seals siphon most of his power away from him.