So, her real parents screwed up, and Lerunda clearly doesn’t love her old home very much. Wonder how her parents and/or village feel now that everything’s pest infected? Reckon they’ll blame their “only” daughter (Lerunda’s sister) for not loving them enough?
The whole “miko” thing isn’t something that Lerunda likes being mentioned, given that it’s responsible for the mistreatment and her abandonment. The researcher is being quite insensitive, bringing it up over and over again.
Lerunda (probably) doesn’t want anything to do with mikos besides talking to her animal family and maybe healing people.