James isn't really sure why she's so close to crying now, although he can venture a guess when he tries real hard. The thing about adults, he knows, is that they can picture things better than kids can. They can imagine what'll happen with one misstep, after one mistake, all the consequences laid out in front of kids to help them better learn. Maybe nothing's really happened between this lady and the woman that she loves, but James thinks that the reason why she's crying is probably 'cause she can picture what would and that makes it all the harder.

It's all still a little hard to grasp.

"But why..." he pauses, thinking. "Why would her family be mad 'bout someone lovin' their daughter? That don't make sense."