so the whole "protecting the crops" thing was a byproduct of my reading comprehension shitting the bed as i was under the impression that all the farmland was outside the wall because i am a dumb.

she would lean into basic scientific curiosity (it's weird! she is curious!) to assuage suspicion. she is just a fellow nerd.

if she found someone in the biology dept willing to test her samples would conversation about how weird it is that these animals are coming to the city maybe lead her to the idea of animal behavior specialists?