Octavia looked like she wanted to argue. (Because she always wanted to argue.) But she held it back, because at least she could sometimes recognize her own unhelpful urges, and curb them, somewhat.
She straightened up in her seat a little further, since she couldn't really lean further back.
Re: Meanwhile, around town
She straightened up in her seat a little further, since she couldn't really lean further back.
"And how do you grieve right?"
Probably not by turning it all into anger, huh.