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1.) Sacharissa is tougher than she looks. Actually, that's the whole point. She's sweet and gentle and kind and polite, yes. But that doesn't mean she can't hold her own. Sacharissa is clever, bright, and talented in her field, and she raised herself in part as her grandfather grew older. While she's concerned with being Respectable, propriety does not keep her from speaking her mind. Part of the sweetness-and-light routine is just that, an act; it's a method of survival.
2.) She's generally uninterested in romance and unaware of her own beauty. A lot of young men liked to tell her things, news or otherwise. For years, they've told her how lovely she is, but she was aware that they wanted things from her that didn't have much to do with how smart she is. Once she was hired to work for the Times, she used it to her advantage, but she's been so continually flattered that she really doesn't think about it one way or another now. Beauty's become a tool for her. Because men have always been there, trying to win her, she stopped really noticing or caring.
3.) She is in love - twice-over. She fell in love with William after a few months on the Times. It didn't hurt that he recognized her intellect, her ability, before he recognized her beauty -- most people never got that far. Falling for Maladicta was purely an accident, and it happened in reverse; but in the end, Maladicta still sees Sacharissa for what she is, something Sacharissa deeply appreciates. Having feelings for another woman didn't throw her off for long; it's caring this deeply about two people at the same time that confuses her.
4.) She is resigned, not defeated. If she knew that people pity her for wanting two people she can't have, she would be bewildered. She knows full well she could make the relationship between William and Maladicta a hell of a lot more complicated if she wanted, but she never would. She loves them too much to want to hurt them; if she can't have either one, she's just happy that they're happy. She'd rather that than that they all be hurt. Right now, she's content with her job and her friends, and she hates being pitied.
5.) She loves her job. Sacharissa is a city girl; she thrives on the rush and the fast pace of life in Ankh-Morpork. The island is a little too slow for her tastes. Working on the paper is the one thing she has from home that's what it always was, even if the pace is a little slower and her articles are back to being largely social reporting.