I had this thought since a few chapters back but didn't she know that chloe was actually a man? I don't want to re-read but I am fairly certain she knew.
I consider the relation between cat heir retard apparent and the elves to be irreconcilable. If the author pulls some stupid shit like "oh it was nothing bad, here go be friendly again and also cat heir retard apparent is actually a nice guy" then I will probably feel deeply upset about it.
ngl I thought she got some bad kind of brain parasite or something while sitting in that shadow, not a super cute short haircut that hits many of my preferences