"I guess I know better than to argue with you on this one."

Look, he knows when he's got a losing battle, and she is right. He needs a little bit of stability- the knowledge he's not completely gone just yet. That he still has even the tiniest sliver of agency over his own breaking psyche.

"M-maybe? I...I'm scared I'd hurt someone but...but maybe having someone around would make it...stable? Help me see it's- it's not real."