"The only reason I am angry with each of you, my lady, and the only reason I have been so rude to you is because you continue to see me as Desmond. Each of you saw me as me and valued me until you learnt that I was his descendant, but now you see me as him only because I am Desmond's descendant. However, I see you as my family and as valuable beings." James said after a short walk.
With these words, each of the spectators, who felt as if they were devastated, managed to recover a little bit. Of course, they still saw James as one of their own, but no one could say they didn't miss Desmond, which was why James felt so pressurised.
Unlike them, James was young, even Nemesis himself was quite old, but he could feel under pressure. In this case, the fact that James knew how he felt, and how many people he had to please, was one of the things that brought him down.
After all, James was still a human being.