Huh… this has taken a sort of odd and interesting turn.

Koyun isn’t quite the loner she initially appeared to be. She does have her “rampart of ice,” but she showed with Yota that she’s willing to let someone past, and fairly easily even, if they prove themselves to be trustworthy.

But she still has her rampart up with Minato. And although he came across initially as just sort of filterless, it’s looking more all the time as if what he actually is is self-absorbed and reflexively manipulative, so that’s probably a good thing.

More subtle dynamics than I was expecting.