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I.e. The hero's presence makes the villagers uncomfortable. As usual.

Like, it's fine. They get along with her fine. Always a little put off by her antics, always a little uneasy with her semblance to zombies, always a little bit nervous about her mysterious immortality situation, sure. But otherwise it's fine. Even if she'd give almost anything to feel normal for once, she learned her lesson in the past, and knows better now than to push her luck really trying to befriend a village. So the skittish behavior and general discomfort of all of the villagers is fine.

No matter if it gets to her every so often.

There are however two villagers in particular who are extra displeased by the hero's persistent meddling in the village, which is eventually compounded by her new 'pet' illager.

⚠️cw: Slightly Damned pages 1119 through 1126 depict abuse and self-harm. Slightly Damned 1119: We've made it to the beginning of Kieri's most painful pre-Medius memories. The dialog in panels 2 & 3 are repeated from page 317, so this has been a long time coming.

Fake freak. She likes to present like she’s a real weirdo a real wack job bcs she’s used to being the weirdest one in the room but the second a real freak freak shows up she starts gettin scared

Per last point- performative. She knows you can only get as far as people like you so she plays up a playful and gregarious persona so she can get ahead. In reality shes much more thoughtful and introspective, but people like bubbly and flirty so that’s what she does so that she can succeed

Historian NERD. That’s her real passion. History. History of warfare and clothing and language and ethics, that’s why she travels so much and delves into dangerous places. Bcs she needs to know. She needs to know so bad please let her know she can be trusted with ancient history and locked tombs she promises