I feel like the author wants us to feel sad that she's getting closer to the snake than the leopard, but I don't regret it at all, in fact I much prefer it XD
I love demeter but in Greek mythology her daughter, persephone, is hades' wife and goddess of the underworld - so let's just hope the story doesn't go down that path, or isn't tooooo accurate to mythology
The second hand embarrassment is too great, I can't deal with it