That or they are, for some reason, used to the not-entirely-human types. Though that would probably be speculation on Meteion's part.

The entelechy nods. "I was at...some sort of shrine? They weren't soldiers. Townsfolk. But they seemed...hesitant?" Meteion wasn't certain as to the whys of that--she was hardly dangerous as she was now. Nor was she inclined to harm innocents...

"They told me that I would not come to harm if I cooperated, and so I have done so." The townsfolk had been honest enough, though it was clear that the soldiers held to no such promises--if you provoked them, you would come to harm.