Jay swears sharply under his breath and crawls out after Tim - he doesn't need to, he thinks, the bees don't go after their maker, but he doesn't want to get within arm's reach of-

The swarm dies out and the splicer snatches at Jay with a vengeful snarl. So much for that.

"Stop it!" he yowls as he hauls Jay up from the floor. "Just give me - give me what I want-!"

"Get off me!" Jay doesn't want to touch him even to fight back, he's so repulsive, everything Tim was just warning him about and he fucking knows it. "Let me go!"