But there weren't guys running around you can't even fucking see before. It's not "the same but not," that's a bullshit cop-out. There wasn't something breathing in my wall before, that's not...that's not even on the same fucking page as "like always just different". That's fifteen steps above Barge normal. At least.

[...nevermind that the thing in his wall isn't related, it's just stress exacerbating his normal issues; he can't tell the difference, and that's the whole problem.

But he's calm. For him, anyway. Agitated, yes, but not to the point where he'll cause problems.]