I am wondering, if I had not been presented with a title, what emotions or psychological states would I have ascribed to the figures? The figure on the left looks miserable, the figure on the right looks pensive. If she is calm, it’s because she’s forcing herself to be. Like keeping one eye peeled for the Nazis or something. Or maybe she’s just ruffled about something someone said on Facebook and wondering how she’ll deal with it. Maybe her mother had a cross word for her. Who knows? I suppose I see her as possibly “wary”, or “put out”.