At even the hint of her anger, James' lips purse together, his body tenses anew, but it isn't completely devoid of guilt. Oh, no, James has a well of the stuff to draw from, and he's quite aware of the fact that Maria... exists for only because of him. That rejecting her had taken away the only real purpose she had, and her reaction, while he often thinks of it as a way of the town testing him once more, was not unwarranted.
He just... doesn't have a solution for that anger, that feeling of being unmoored. He doesn't have a solution for anyone these days, it seems. He's barely keeping himself together.]
Then... I don't know what to think about any of this. These people, have you been actually interacting with them?
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At even the hint of her anger, James' lips purse together, his body tenses anew, but it isn't completely devoid of guilt. Oh, no, James has a well of the stuff to draw from, and he's quite aware of the fact that Maria... exists for only because of him. That rejecting her had taken away the only real purpose she had, and her reaction, while he often thinks of it as a way of the town testing him once more, was not unwarranted.
He just... doesn't have a solution for that anger, that feeling of being unmoored. He doesn't have a solution for anyone these days, it seems. He's barely keeping himself together.]
Then... I don't know what to think about any of this. These people, have you been actually interacting with them?