The young man seemed very nervous facing Violet.
After repeated hesitation and indecision, he didn't know what would be the correct action to take in response to the scene before him.
Perhaps he should choose to turn around and leave at this moment, but that might seem impolite.
Or perhaps he should give a calm and impartial response to what he sees before him.
It could be said that his youthfulness made him unable to stay as composed as Old Hawke.
Some impulse from deep within did not allow him to directly confront what he saw, and he couldn't rationally identify exactly what was happening before him.
If at this moment, he had any external or internal resistance, it was surely born from his internal impulse.
At this moment, he was struggling to restrain his impulses while thinking of effective solutions to the problem.
But given the situation before him, obviously it was not something that could be easily changed.