OH! yes, because: these people have seen him vulnerable, and that was probably the worst mistake of his life, to get so vulnerable in front of them - they must've been laughing.

("You know I can hear you from the street," Matt says. In a perfect world, it'd come out of his mouth like a fucking snowstorm: as it is, he can feel his body starting to react to the adrenaline, and in a couple of minutes they'll see the physical reaction.)