Steve nods. "Okay," he says. He won't ask again. He'll remember. "I'm not gonna let that happen to you," he says. "You're in control."

He imagines that could be scary, getting possessed. He knows that happened to a couple good friends of his - getting totally brainwashed, carrying out things that they could see themselves doing, but being completely unable to stop themselves.

It's hard for them to deal with, so he imagines it'd be even harder for a kid with existing anger issues. "You're doing well," he says, because he really thinks, for all that's being thrown at him right now, that Billy is doing well.