My first thought was that Summer was a native. Daughter of some important family. She likes haunting the family holdings...large areas of bamboo forest preserved because the lord of the house likes to hunt. Because she's weird and discomforting, they don't discourage her from things that keep her from embarrassing the family. Like being out of the house a lot.
Being sensitive as she is, she tends to be aware, if sometimes only subliminally, of the awful things the Imperials that visit the estate have done...so she avoids contact with them. It also means she's not an Imperial sympathizer, despite the toadying of her parents and siblings.
Being sensitive as she is, she tends to be aware, if sometimes only subliminally, of the awful things the Imperials that visit the estate have done...so she avoids contact with them. It also means she's not an Imperial sympathizer, despite the toadying of her parents and siblings.