When Augustus approached his friends, they all immediately averted their gazes. There was nothing they could do—this was just the way things were with him. Augustus wasn't someone who could be changed; there was something unsettling about him, or so everyone believed. In their minds, that was simply the truth.
The only reason he was tolerated at all was his exceptional talent with amnis. But when he saw the way his friends looked at him, or rather, refused to look at him, his irritation grew, and he left the area in search of fresh air.
