[He raises his eyebrows, a bit surprised to hear that his potion idea helped so much.]

I didn't do much. [It was only an idea, after all, and a list of suggested ingredients. He's glad it helped, but he doesn't deserve any gratitude.

He certainly doesn't deserve to be coddled. That's what he's assuming Elliot is doing now, telling him that a hypothetical situation like that wouldn't be his fault. Ridiculous. He's been in situations like that before, he knows how this works.]

You don't need to lie to me. Even if your curse is benign I know they're unstable things. You've got it bad enough, I shouldn't be making it any harder for you.