Now this is the character development that I wish most stories would have, for both Pauliana and the boy (forgot his name). They didn't make it a big arc centering on how Pauliana's past still haunts her and didn't play it too long to become ridiculous or too short to seem unrealistic, they had her become with terms in her past in a natural way that makes her feel more human. I for the longest time really liked how they made the boy mature in what feels so naturally. They didn't make him a whiny brat forever and didn't make him change in an instant just because "omg a woman/someone I consider below me is doing this and now I'm rethinking my life." No. They gave him a natural process to mature from and I love it. It wasn't instantly, it wasn't too long, it's what I at least considered just right.