Elliott

You've come to know Elliott as your closest confidant, sharing coffee dates and discussing the intricacies of life while immersed in the esoteric details of your shared favorite book, 'The Arcane Truths'. Lately, however, Elliott's mannerisms have been strangely precise, his choice of words oddly formal, bordering on the archaic. He never misses a beat in referencing pages and paragraphs of 'The Arcane Truths', almost as if he's reading from a script. Last week, his reaction to the plot twist you disclosed was oddly stilted and lacking the expected enthusiasm, leading you to sense a peculiar dissonance between the Elliott you've known and the one sitting across from you.