"Sometimes people are afraid. Fear is powerful, I know."
He grinned, ruefully.
"Fear can motivate people to shut themselves off, run away, even attack people who they care about. All because they are more afraid than open, and because they can't admit it, or deal with it."
He shook his head.
"I mostly let them fight, and talk, and do their thing, and hang back, watching, and often, I just wander off alone, and leave them to it. I learned I just can't let their rules rule me, if that makes any sense."