[@Theyra] I wrote my first post without reading yours or others posts. I didn't want to copy someone inadvertently and to muddle through it by myself. But now, I have read your most recent post and your first two. You wrote positions I hadn't considered. I wanted my character to not be chastised or isolated immediately. but I like where you have taken your character. The idea of a romantic relationship has struck me. I was planning to wait on that for a bit.

EDIT: Today, I live in Eastern Massachusetts, but I grew up in Western Mass. When I took my children outside at night and looked up at the sky. If it were a cloudless night, we might see a half dozen stars with all the light pollution. Then I took them  camping in the mountains of my youth and the number of stars rose to a billion. It was so bright just by the number of stars where light pollution is minimal. I appreciate your illustration on that point.