"Smoking isn't gonna drive me insane." Revulsion curls in his chest at the thought. Tim doesn't need a crash course reminder of all the ways he's a hypocrite, thanks. "It won't soak up everything there is until there's nothing left. Jesus, Jay, have you even seen what some of those splicers look like?"

He didn't even know human beings could look that way. He never wanted to know, either. Even less does he want to know if Jay will end up the same.

Begrudgingly, he shuffles after him. The space seems to be getting brighter as they head toward whatever unknown source of light Jay's led them toward. Hopefully there won't be a Big Daddy waiting for them on the other side - though Tim never had much faith in Jay's navigation skills, and for good goddamn reason.

"What, I need a reason to not wanna watch you die?" Again, he doesn't add. They don't need to get into that. Jay's made his life messy enough without digging up how truly and impossibly complicated he's made everything just by being here.