Man, Lawful Neutral's a hard road to walk, it seems.
Reimu's got it pretty hard because unlike Eiki Shiki, who knows objectively what's right and wrong by being a yama, Reimu's only human for better or worse. When you think about it her being isolated so much at her shrine is a way to lighten the burden, less connections or at least more control about them as they have to come to her to make contact.
The comments about her always doing her duty when needed shows just how she kinda built a switch into herself about her job. The expression on her face when the topic of Marisa changing was a flash of that switch flipping on even for a few moments.
Reimu's path is set, she is The Exterminator when it comes to it and as such she needs to do her duty... even if it will end up destroying her other life.
"Listen, and understand. Atlanta is out there. She can’t be bargained with. She can’t be reasoned with. She doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And she absolutely will not stop, ever"
"Listen, and understand. Atlanta is out there. She can’t be bargained with. She can’t be reasoned with. She doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And she absolutely will not stop, ever"
Atlanta is a shipgirl of focus....commitment and sheer f****** will!