[that conclusion gives Blue almost as much pause as acknowledging the snake at all. for him, the reason was to confirm if there was anything else that felt real, but...the matter of whether or not it was him addled and out of sorts was secondary in his mind.

but when Majima says it...]

...That's true. I could've simply...been functioning with what I understood already, not...what was right in front of me. [after all, the only ones he can sense are the people he'd been spending weeks with on a station.

slowly, he settles on his knees opposite Majima and the basket.]

Either way, this means there really is something amiss with these townsfolk subconsciously. They may not actually be real at all. Even their domesticated creatures feel vacant...