AH-HA!

I think I figured out why the words weren't working yesterday. I was writing a scene where the main characters were being perfectly in character, but the side characters were not! I still need to have the mains do what they were doing, so I need to figure out how to get the sides to accept what the mains are doing. Normally this is insurmountable but I have world building on my side! Mwhahahah.

Vague post is vague.