Some kind of writer of fanfic...

Person B: "You run away at the first signs of confrontation."

Person A: "I do not!"

Person B: "You are literally walking away as we speak."

Person A: "Am I not free to roam around anymore?"

the five stages of grief were never meant to be a checklist your character moves through in chronological order across three chapters. Let me save you from writing a grieving character who is simply having scheduled emotions:

⊹ Grief is not primarily crying. i know that sounds wrong but hear me out. a lot of grief looks like doing laundry. cooking something the person liked and then not being able to eat it. watching a show they recommended and never told anyone you finished it. grief goes very quiet and very domestic for long stretches and then ambushes you at completely unreasonable moments like a petrol station or a Friday at 4pm for no reason at all.

⊹ people who are grieving often seem fine. not because they're suppressing or being brave or in denial, but because humans are genuinely capable of functioning and being devastated at the same time. your grieving character can make jokes. can go to work. can have a good day. can feel guilty about the good day. can feel guilty about not feeling guilty. grief has a very active internal bureaucracy that has nothing to do with what's visible on the outside.

⊹ Grief also changes shape over time in ways that aren't necessarily about getting better. the first year is often adrenaline, there are things to do, people around, ritual and structure. year two is frequently harder because the adrenaline is gone and the world has moved on and expects you to have moved on with it. your character being more visibly undone eighteen months later than at the funeral is not a pacing problem. it's accurate.

The Mighty Nein spend a day in Nicodranas, reuniting families and causing several members to question their next steps...

We can even tie in Scott here if we wanted to. Scott has met Louis before, maybe on good terms, possibly on Bad! But Scott KNOWS that body jumper, maybe Louis is his Sudo-step Sire? (His actual Sire was just a random guy in an ally way(cannon)) Maybe Louis has tried/has possessed Scott in the past? Whichever way, Scott knows this man, and knows that he is like him in action but not intention. Idk if that's better or worse for Scott tho...

Person B: "Literally ask anyone else. You know I'm a pacifist."

Person A: "But it's not the same if it's not you."

obsessed with whatever the fuck aj and drift have going on