Cautious optimism

I think I may have finally unkinked the motivation in this troublesome scene. The character is furious with the wrong person. It's going to take a few minutes for them to figure out who they are mad at, and why, and then it explains *reams* of their actions in the rest of the book.

I feel a lot less gloomy, and that this is what is going on with the character. It feels fitting and right.

Oh please, muses, let this work when I sit down to write it.