[ his eyes open again when she speaks, watching the sidewalk in front of his feet, as he processes that. he hadn't really been convinced for a second that the claims of him having a breakdown were true. but then again, thomas is paranoid as hell.

and the idea of waiting to check on him, and figure out what's going on, has him absolutely on edge with anxiety. ]

Yeah, but what if it is made up? Maybe they don't kill him, but like the shrink said - if he's getting anti-psychotics when he's not actually psychotic, it could melt the guy's brain.