"People'd notice," he says, a little dryly. "I'd've noticed. But...if anything's happened, it hasn't stuck around. It hasn't stayed long-term. I don't know anybody who's...seen anything."

Anything they don't see usually, anyway. This place fucks with your head. Shows you things. Hell, it's the primary reason he assumed that Jay wasn't really here when he first showed up. He just assumed that this was some fabrication the islands spun up for his sake, or even more likely, Tim himself having some kind of mental break. Again. He's probably lost his mind enough times for it to be warranted by now, right?

But now that he has to think about it - aside from the moments when he's forgotten to medicate and that thing's slipped through, what symptoms has he seen? Even when that thing in his skull rears it head, it's never left any lingering...anything. Nothing aside from the bruises and awkward explanations Tim always has to cycle out for that shit anyway.

All this time, and he never wanted to think about it. Didn't wanna believe it. Didn't wanna jinx it.

Now that he's said it aloud, he can almost believe it.