Reptiles are backwards, as in Backward Folk, Hillbilly-ish, based on impulse rather than common sense.
I also thought it meant that despite her being a reptilian girl, she certainly doesn't have any girly traits such as favouring the cute designs on her dress.
I love how you evoked the feeling of rustic seclusion in a wintery cabin. No television, no video games, no modern noise. Kind of lonesome and alien to many people these days.
Hope you master your sound booth in the future!