Our Kate is very smart but I don’t know why she thought it was ok to tell Emilyko things.
1. Emilyko can be brainwashed. Or made to tell everything Kate informed her about.
2. Emilyko herself may accidentally leak information out. Be it due to manipulation or just letting it slip.
3. I know that Kate has never been to the village so Kate doesn’t know. But just because one has a place of origin does not mean one has a place to return to or a home.
4. Why would the adults ever not eavesdrop on the kids rooms? Especially since Kate knows some shadows are already weary of her. To trust that they wouldn’t overhear her is just naive.
5. The overarching goal to set humans free to their natural habitat is humanitarian. But in a world that has been manipulated by shadows for so long is a huge undertaking as well as maybe impossible.
Rather than making allies Kate would need to find out if it’s even possible that there are others that share her ideology. It would seem shadows are naturally selfish beings; of course they wouldn’t care about their human shells. Kate would first need to find another shadow that cares about its pet human as if it were a unique being. Then move from there. Or better yet wait until they’re older and have more influence over the status of things in the house. As well as having more information as to how things got like this in the first place. The ins and outs of the castle grounds and how to escape if necessary are also good measures to consider.
@urishima Kate would’ve learned about this when she choose her shadow to be Emilyko.
More than likely at that time Kate started questioning why did Kate had to choose a human to represent theirself and had feelings of empathy towards humans. Who were forcefully made to fufill this role.