Cory post 2

When Lanyon is faced with this decision, he chooses to see what will happen if the concoction is imbibed by this stranger. He choice what most human beings would have chosen in the same situation, and the stranger tells him that if he stays to watch them he will be rich and famous. So based on this information he made the obvious chose. For some reason, Lanyon could not handle what he saw. This unworldly transformation was too much for his old mind and in the following weeks his health began to deteriorate and he soon died. In short, he did not make a decision that would benefit him, but no one would be able to escape that grasp of curiosity at that moment, so the choice was inevitable.