In Ep. 3 why did the bandit/host want to rape Dolores?

There is an inference in the Delos default template for Doloros' loop that the ranch is only attacked if there is a guest present.

If Teddy escorts her home and the ranch is being not being attacked, then Teddy is asked to leave and Dolores goes to bed.

However the options for the ranch being attacked only cover "Skilled guest" present and "Unskilled guest" present and ONLY if a guest didn't pick up the can of milk in town. The inference being that without a guest there, the ranch isn't attacked.

If a guest picks up the can of milk and chooses to woo her, again the attack doesn't happen.

This is mostly confirmed when on the first night (MiB present), the ranch is attacked and on the second night (MiB not present), Pa Abernathy is able to spend the whole night obsessing about the picture he found.

IF that is the case, then the bandit was there with a guest somewhere in the area. Perhaps the bandit's actions are to get the guest to save her or even join in.

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