very slight spoilers for to-be posted chapters because I need to….. yell at myself
me: ok so Roland nearly dies and the others probably are upset
me: oh yeah Evan got reminded of Aranella during ghost section last chapter/day so he’d be really upset he almost lost a parent figure again
me: and Roland already got guilt-tripped heavily during ghost section on abandoning his family and confusion on whether he thinks Evan as a son so he’s both feeling that and guilt at almost leaving Evan ‘alone’, so to speak
me:
me: oh fuck oh no