kinda irrelevant if you had to walk all that way, or ride a donkey. if you came alone what reason would there be for hostility? even if it was your whole family, still, that's not an invasion.
and th...
long-distance travel pre-modern era was existentially risky:
Food: unknown plants/animals, what's poisonous here vs home territory?
Water: safe sources unknown, disease vectors different
Shelter: where to sleep without freezing/predation
Navigation: no maps, easy to get lost and die
Hostility: strangers might be hostile, can't know until contact
Disease: even friendly contact could kill you or them via pathogen exchange
Return: if you survive going, can you survive coming back?
Food: unknown plants/animals, what's poisonous here vs home territory?
Water: safe sources unknown, disease vectors different
Shelter: where to sleep without freezing/predation
Navigation: no maps, easy to get lost and die
Hostility: strangers might be hostile, can't know until contact
Disease: even friendly contact could kill you or them via pathogen exchange
Return: if you survive going, can you survive coming back?
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