That’s a bug! And you’re exactly right on how to resolve it. Thank you for pointing this out!
You're welcome! Happy to help. And glad to hear that I know a thing or two about coding, too, lol.
Also, upon having to replay this day multiple times since, I noticed that the slime girl's head, shoulders, and boobs get displaced relative to her torso varying amounts depending on when you press the "continue" button in her bouncing animation cycle. Might have something to do with pressing the continue button too fast, but I think it happened on my first time where I was reading all the text, too.