How shy are you?

[Angrboda]

I am shy, which is why I go to groups where a book, or idea, or activity, is the focus of attention. When I focus on that, instead of myself, I'm able to participate quite fully, and am, indeed known to be quite mouthy and aggressive. ("Who'd a thought?")

Rayaan: Your looking away is normal psychological behavior; I thought that was a relatively well known psychological fact, but I guess not. They've even done studies demonstrating the "creep factor" experienced by someone if a person devotes too much "eye time" to another, and, specifically, how that behavior changes under the influence of sexual attraction.