When a country is occupied, there is the implication of sexual slavery in the form of forced marriage. One woman, the relative of the protagonist’s father, is forced into marriage with the explicit intention of forcing pregnancy though this it is not confirmed if this occurs. There are references to psychological and physical abuse in her story as well. There is an attempted rape on a young woman by men who the protagonist later befriends. He intervenes but the language he uses is dismissive and victim blaming. The end of the story involves sibling incest that occurs after one of the siblings is magically forced to forget her memories of her brother’s existence (they’ve never met prior to this as the brother was sent away before she was born). The reveal of their relationship as incest leads to the suicide of both siblings