>>26337Maya only seems bearable because we perceive her as someone who has opened up to us. We hear her thoughts and know her desires, and we know her troubles and see what she could've been.
In high school, I had classmates who were a lot like Maya, bar ethnicity. Keeping people at arms length at all times makes one seem unfriendly and hostile even, which is what Maya appears to be to all around her. If you were to spend a day or so around Maya, you would find her hardly worth considering, given how little she would talk or do with you.