@kagan
Yeah. I see that. To me, this IS like making characters act out of character to make the plot work, in a sense😋 . Sloppy isn't the word so much as obtuse. I actually didn't pick up on that weirdness, but I agree now that you've pointed it out. Not entirely off point, just yesterday I wrote a scree about a serial I'm reading where the young girl ghost POV who's always curious is written NOT to be curious about one thing that likely would have sent the plot off an intended plot line. It wasn't lampshaded at all, which severely disappointed me. Authors aren't who you want reading your stories! Yeah, I think the comic was forced to make it work, rather than dismiss a questionable dichotomy.