"You think I do?" He stares at the instrument he picked up on a whim, as if that would be something to celebrate, as if it were an adequate form of celebration.

He's...what right does he have to give advice to anybody, let alone Jay - the one man he's probably done more harm to than anyone? Alex might've killed him, but Tim, Tim did him one better. Tim let him believe that he could actually trust him. He led him into a false sense of security. Made him feel like the pair of them actually had a chance before yanking it all away.

But he still doesn't just shut up, does he?

"I mean it's...gotta be better than waiting around for something interesting to happen."