[ She laughs at that. ]

Kind of a weird, specific thing to be hallucinating, don't you think? Maybe you're just in a coma, instead?

[ ... how that more logical than just tripping out on bad food? You know what, maybe it's not worth elaborating. ]

Well, regardless of whether that actually happens or not doesn't really matter, does it? They think it's going to, which is enough reasoning for them to start picking people off, right?