The new farmer is an unobtrusive presence at first, scrabbling in her complete disaster of a farm, and who cares about her? Abigail sure doesn't.
But then crazy lights start coming from the abandoned community center, and the old minecarts work again, and Dad stops looking so harried all the time. Nobody ever does anything new in Pelican Town, so it's got to be her.
One day the farmer rides up to the store, sure and light in the saddle, with a sword casually hanging on her belt, hilt worn with use, and Abigail can't stop staring, and Abigail wants.