"I am calm now hush. I'm not wheezing or gasping - just this stop now. You fight getting proper care is doing nothing for my stress. If you keep fighting us you'll send me into an attack and you don't want to do that. You wouldn't want to hurt me like that."

It was a guilt ploy; a lie wrapped in a sort of half truth. He hated using them but if it got Eric to behave he wasn't above a bit of emotional manipulation even if he'd hate himself for it later.