Thank you!
You're probably the third person to bring this up, and I totally agree! Consider it a plot hole, if you will. I didn't even think of that while I was in the middle of making it. Honestly, I was probably more focused on getting the game to work than on those important story points. I'm still somewhat of a beginner programmer, so the combat was a big challenge for me. I do plan on coming back to this game at some point. If not to expand it into a longer, more advanced game, then to at least fix bugs and add in the things I wasn't able to during the jam period (SFX, animations, more art, etc). Thank you again for playing :)