Addendum

"I grasped my phone and checked my messages. There were none." How much of a jerk would you feel like if you said that? Borgia-level at least, right?

Fantasy Word of the Day: Grasp

How often do you describe anyone as grasping something in daily life? Grasping for, sure, but grasp? I don't know if the problem is with fantasy or daily life. Now that I've said that, daily life is definitely the problem here.