[ she cares so much and then she just fucking dies i can't stand it ]

You are the one who has to live through sitting through all the distrust and paranoia in the village. You can hardly be blamed for the matter. Since you're thinking about it logically and not just focusing on your feelings, I don't care if you vent to me about it a little.

[ she's right that he doesn't really care that much about people's emotional states as long as they're alive but

he used to not care at all. he is trying to, even vaguely, be a little bit better about that ]