[His scale of personal okay-ness is totally normal. For instance, a "2" on his pain scale is a "5" on anyone else's! Luckily, his emotional state will also be stabilized by the Phenomenon stamping out all the negative feelings now that he's no longer hallucinating. Everything is fine.]

...it's hard to explain. I had a nightmare a couple days ago, about the thing in my arm coming to life and taking over completely. The flowers are making it worse. ...I don't normally have nightmares, so I guess it messed with me a bit.

[a BIT]