Her presence in the village had shifted from curious to expected, but her energy had thinned, and the future she once imagined no longer gave her any shape to hold on to.

Everaday rot set in and she no longer was special. That's the whole thing - she wanted to be special. And her return followed in the same steps: she once again was special.

She also stole that child from the father, but hey. Where's imp again?