No surprise that Lara is feeling the pressure. Her whole race’s fate is dependent on her finding love. It’s scared to think about what happens if she can’t find love. However finding love is a challenge for everyone not just Lara.
We can think what if we can never find someone to love our destined partner? This aspect makes the episode very relatable because many people in life struggle to find their destined partner no matter how hard they try. Much like Lara aims not to give up the same can be said for us. Also for Lara she has come to really love people and her life on the surface. That even adds more for her not wanting to give up.
Mari is someone who has probably been isolating herself since her mother passed away. In many ways. Lara coming into her day-to-day life is something she needed. Someone to interact with. The fact Lara could also die ties into her mother’s death she doesn’t want to experience that loss again.
At this point it’s clear that Mari will be the love for Lara to revive her people. This episode makes that much obvious.