Concerned
Concerned adjective - Feeling or showing worry or solicitude.
Usage example: concerned parents of youthful offenders
Detached
Detached adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Both words in one sentence
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A particularly detached individual may even get angry or concerned about events within their fantasy segue, and take these out on whoever they're talking to.
Source: Indulgent Fantasy Segue - The Final Empire in Mistborn has elements of this; the Lord Ruler is concerned with the survival of humanity, but is largely detached from directly ruling it, leaving control of his government primarily to the Obligators and nobility.
Source: Fascist, but Inefficient
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