There may or may not be a method to this madness.

rottenappleheart:

Ranier: I wanted to check in with you, Fitzroy, and see how you’re… adjusting.

Fitzroy: ‘Accepting’ might be a better term. 'Coming to grips with.’ I have been ping-ponging around the stages of grief.

Ranier: Which one are you on now?

Fitzroy: I’m on the one where, before you can control the magic that has destroyed your life, you first have to befriend a crab. So whichever one that is. I think it’s maybe Bargaining.