He had fucked up pretty badly. He wanted to pin the blame on someone because the idea of everything falling apart being his fault was a bit too much to burden. So he hovered near the borders to make sure that the Runi woman didn't show up. He'd shoo her off, run her away, whatever it took to keep burying his dark secrets. He could - would - blame her to make himself feel better.
There was another issue, though. For he wasn't as dumb or oblivious as he led on to be. It was hard to miss the way @Maera didn't come near him like he had some sort of plague. He had started to burn that relationship months ago but it was only now that he realized he was engulfed in flames. But fuck it, right? He wasn't going to force there to be a relationship if there no longer wasn't. So he kept to himself, just as distant and cold.
The Rigel was on edge ready to snap at anything. It would be a poor time for whoever found him out here.