Gerry frowns at Cecil's visible stress, wracking his brain for ways to help. "It's not--- he doesn't mind-control you. But he can distort your reality so that you can't trust your senses, and he's a smooth talker. I know that doesn't exactly help, but..."

Dammit. If only he could give Cecil some of his ability to See. But the Eye isn't here. There's just an Archivist, and his weird boyfriend. Hm.

"I'm gonna look into a failsafe for you. I have some thoughts. Nothing concrete yet, but it's a start."