Thanks! Yeah, the dialogue at the start of the playtest is quite a lot.. I think for a normal game it might not feel so bad since it's right after a major story beat (Chestnut is revealed to be Chestranutza, a dragon), but I might also cut down that dialogue a bit, thanks for your feedback!
About bringing everyone back as friends, that's something that my daughter insisted, and I think the story works well this way :)
Thanks for playing!