Yes! And in the later two books, I rather got the impression that Rowan is sort of straitlaced for a steerswoman, maybe in part because of her relative youth. Like, the rules are absolutely binding for them all, and they take them seriously, but some of them are more willing to countenance flexibility (and to see the potential for abuse or difficulty) than Rowan was at the beginning. And Rowan's social skills are very good, but they're also much better with certain personalities than others, which is something that the third and fourth books explore a good deal IIRC. In the second book the culture gap is a more pressing factor for everybody involved.