#sge

now before y’all jump on me, I’m not trying to justify him. I’m not automatically saying that he regretted killing Rhian emotionally, although it’s hard to believe he didn’t mourn him AT ALL. That was his twin who just died after all. Clearly not enough though.

He might have regretted the act in itself though, since he kinda shot himself in the leg with this move, it only made things harder for him strategically speaking.

Now, back to my main point: laughing usually expresses amusement or happiness, that’s true, but not always. It can also represent nervousness (although it’s def not this here) or shock.

I also have a tendency to laugh when in shock or in distressful situations, which earned me quite the punishment from my parents since they thought I was disrespecting them by laughing like a maniac in their faces while they were yelling at me, but I truly couldn’t stop, even if I desperately wanted to. I brought this personal story in to prove that laughter doesn’t always mean joy, and it’s not always intentional

Japeth might have just begun to realize what he has truly done, and was in shock. His body literally didn’t know how to react in such a situation, especially since it came out of nowhere (it’s clear that Japeth hadn’t been planning to murder Rhian and did it on impulse). God forbid he cries though - Sophie was there to see him, and also, if he was Aric’s best friend, he’d probably heard enough of “Boys don’t cry”. Also the adrenaline from the earlier fight was just wearing off.