Absolutely love this game. Scratches the same itch as Obra Dinn and No Case Should Remain Unsolved. Been also reading through a good number of comments, and I have a theory, that I haven't seen anywhere else (tbf. I didn't read all the comments). Massive Spoilers:
Pbhyq Gubeagba or Rir'f naq Gbal'f sngure? Gbal pbhyq or n cbgragvny, gubhtu abg dhvgr boivbhf, avpxanzr sbe Guebagba. Uryra fnlf gung "Ze. Qnhre vf abg urer, rira gubhtu ur jbhyq unir ybirq gb." gb Bfjnyq rneyl ba. Bayl nsgre Gubeagba qvrf qbrf fur gnyx nobhg ybfvat ure uhfonaq va gur jne - juvpu pbhyq or n jnl bs engvbanyvmvat gur gjb certanapvrf fur erzrzoref (Gubhtu ng gung cbvag fur nyernql sbetbg nobhg ure svefg puvyq).
Rir naq Gbal jrag gb gur fnzr fpubby nf Naavr, fb gurl gbb zhfg unir tebja hc arneol. Uryra gnyxf nobhg xabjvat ubj lbhat crbcyr guebj njnl gurve ybir. Naq gurer jbhyq or n yriry bs vebal vs Gubeagba urneq Rir'f qehax bssre gb rybcr gb Senapr orsber - sebz Rir'f irel bja zbgure.
Gung qehax xvgpura fprar pbhyq rira or ernq gung jnl. Uneel gelvat gb uvqr sebz uvf bja qnhtugre gung ur vf ure sngure, juvyr nyfb gnxvat pner bs ure nf orfg nf ur pna. Xrrcvat uvf qvfgnapr ol pnyyvat ure Zvff Qnhre, rira jura qverpgyl gbyq abg gb.
V xabj vg'f guva, vg pbhyq or gung ur vf whfg gur cresrpg ohgyre, xrrcvat vg cebsrffvbany. Naq gung Uryra qbrfa'g jnag gb gnyx nobhg ure qrnq Uhfonaq gb n jrveq zna fur bayl whfg zrg, fb fur whfg znxrf hc na rkphfr ba gur fcbg. Naq ure vafvfgrapr ba orvat pnyyrq Zef. Qnhre vzcyvrf gung fur qvq unir n yrtny uhfonaq ng fbzr cbvag. Ohg fgvyy...
On a completely different note:
V srry yvxr V haqrefgnaq nyy gur ovt zlfgrevrf guvf tnzr frgf hc. Rkprcg sbe bar fvatyr guvat. Jul qbrf Znegun abg pnyy gur cbyvpr? Abguvat va gur phefr frrzf gb or Cbyvpr-Nibvqnag. Jvgu Xngurevar fraqvat va fbzr arvtuobef, naq gurz pnyyvat gur cbyvpr. V xabj znegun fnvq fur jnagf gb unaqyr guvf guvat qvfperrgyl, naq Rqqvr naq Ivp ner nobhg gb jnyx va. Ohg ng n yngre cbvag fur rira yvrf naq fnlf gung gur cbyvpr jrer pnyyrq. Naq gung whfg qbrfa'g frrz evtug...
And finally, a thing I noticed in some of the comments, which I think isn't quite clear but a nice detail:
Gur cvrpr cynlvat ba gur cvnab vf "V'q pyvzo gur uvturfg zbhagnvaf". Gur pubehf bs juvpu vf n ersrerapr gb Qibenxf Uhzberfdhrf. Ehcreg obhtug gur cvnab, Rqqvr gur cvnab ebyy sbe n fbat ur ernyyl yvxrf naq yngre fvatf gb Rir. Jura gur fbat cynlf sbe gur svefg gvzr naq ernpurf gur Pubehf, Ehcreg erzrzoref Nzryvn cynlvat Qibenx, naq tbrf gb gur fghql gb svaq gur cebtenzzr bs bar bs gur qnlf fur cynlrq gur Uhzberfdhrf. Obgu Znegun, Wbua & Qnzvna, naq yngre Bfjnyq svaq guvf abgr. Ohg juvyr gur sbezre bayl ybbx ng gur cvnavfgf anzr, Bfjnyq fxvcf bire gung, naq pyrneyl erzrzoref gur Uhzberfdhrf - juvpu ur gura fgnegf wbivnyyl juvfgyvat.