It's a setting based on Divine Blessings with that wonderful "I got here all on my own" mentality - of course people are going to be shit to the powerless.
Aside: I get her never having run into a cursed item before especially ones that like, melt you into a puddle but the implication of...
Wouldn't it be easier to pull back, being a compound crossbow?
It's actually a bit weird that he thought of adding the cams but not a cocking mechanism