Jay kneads at his forehead with the heel of his hand. Unless he's forgotten something important, Tim's lies are typically lies of omission; you don't go looking for information if you don't know something's missing. This feels more like the hospital. This feels sincere, and it lines up too well with the things about the Mirror that rubbed Jay the wrong way.

"And then he makes like he's helping you out, right? Like--like he's talking you down."

Like you're just paranoid. Like you just need to breathe, Jay, and everything will make sense again.