‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ Ever since Caine had returned and helped them rebuild, Kinger's lucidity, while he was still mostly crazy, was a less rare sight than it had been before. Tonight, in the aquarium, had been one of those lucid moments, but already he could feel it ebbing away as he left and travelled down the hall with his notes.
Jax said something to him as he passed by, something about the abstractions, or something about himself; already his short-term memory caused him to forget what exactly, but he already made the retort to it, saying that the rabbit was going too far with the comment.
"I understand that you resent me, Jax. I am sorry you feel that way, truly." Kinger began, upset, but trying to de-escalate the situation. Still, de-escalation or not, he needed to address this behaviour while he had the chance.
"But regardless of the situation, we are all in this together and you have got to choose better outlets than hurting other people."