Stranded asked Bryn Greenwood:

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Bryn Greenwood Idiosyncratic is a good word to describe Wavy. She arrived in the middle of that hay field pretty much wholly formed. I just had to do a lot of investigation to figure out who she was and why she saw the world the way she did. I don't believe that she's on the autism spectrum, because most of her behaviors are learned, rather than her own organic approach to the world. I would say she's much closer to exhibiting symptoms of PTSD. For example, her aversion to being touched isn't a native thing for her. She learned to avoid physical contact, because it so often correlated to unpleasant experiences. She avoided speaking, because it was frequently accompanied by punishment. Same with eating and eye contact. As a small child she learned all those things might cause her mother to respond negatively, so she adjusted her behavior to account for that.

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