[ That brief glimpse of something that's Jon and yet entirely not Jon is just so tantalizing. He knows what he should be doing: he should be reassuring Jon that no, he's still human enough, you'll be able to hold onto Martin, things will be fine. But that brief glimpse of eyes and void tells Dorian that no, he's not going to do what he should, he's going to continue to try and push this.

Besides, Jon can still be together with Martin even if he's a horrifying eye monster that feeds on information, right? Maybe? ]

It doesn't matter what you want, [ Dorian says, with a little wave of his hand, straight up ignoring Jon's question to him. ] Do you think the cancer patient wanted his disease? What matters is that you deal with the hand you're dealt.

Besides, you tried to chop off your finger and let this...'Boneturner' take out two of your ribs. The more we talk, the less it seems you're trying to hold onto your humanity in the first place.