Ami bit her lip, hiding a smile. "It...isn't unpleasant. Those who know better are the only ones I particularly wouldn't like being feared or considered by, so if nothing else it has given me a taste of the benefits of reaching a goal I was aiming for anyways." Plus a little reputation-padding was good for the bruises still lingering on her ego from the kidnapping.

"I don't have to force myself to talk with people I don't like as much," she went on, reaching into a bush to pluck out another berry. "Well. I have teammates now, but besides them I am largely left to my own devices."