Metaphysical / Paranormal event
A seer brings a woman who is having troubles at home to where Gretal stays, shrouding them in a sound cancelling spell, Gretal did not expect that kind of advice in this era.
A young teen carries his baby brother up the mountain to find Gretal, which she felt she needed to be a woman for this in order not to intimidate the boys after long hours of them shuffling behind her door before mustering the courage to even knock. After letting them rest in her home, she follows them down the mountain, showing him a shortcut down which she made using rope and metal Apparently her problem was that she feels incomplete and frustrated with her family with her husband because she was in love with women. Gretal feels that was the reason why she wasn't effected like the rest of her town