wander

[James Bonde]

Friends of mine at more prestigious institutions, my family, even some of my students, had all prodded me, with various degrees of subtlety, to work on advancing my academic career: a path my choices in life had essentially made vanish. My dark thoughts wandered — though maybe that’s the wrong verb — to a story from the Mahabharata, the very story that had provoked the bewildering question of my destiny after I’d told it at the dinner party.（From The Deepest Human Life by Scott Samuelson）

Why does the author say “wander“ “maybe the wrong verb”？

 

[GoesStation]

Why does the author say “wander“ “may be the wrong verb”？

Because he thinks another verb might express what happened better. The excerpt doesn't tell us why.

 

[Tdol]

Possibly because he feels it does not carry the seriousness for what was going on in his life.

 

[James Bonde]

Does “though” here mean "despite the fact" or "but"?

 

[kilroy65]

Does “though” here mean "despite the fact" or "but"?

It means "although".