At some point in the game, the dialogue touches on something that could potentially be pretty heavy, but then fails to follow through, using it as throwaway dialogue.
Personally, there's something I would love to see the MC say to Willow at some point. Potential spoilers below.
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"Look, I know how this is going to sound, but just hear me out. You remember when I asked for alchemy recipes using ectoplasm? You asked where I got such a thing, and I answered that I died and got it when killing some ghosts. At the time, you took it as a joke. Thing is, I wasn't joking. I don't know why, but for some reason, whenever I die, I wake up in the Underworld with my body and all the items I had on me. What's more strange, the same works in reverse, allowing me to return to the world of the living by dying in the Underworld, bringing with me everything I collected there. While I don't know how much weight to lend the idea, the caretaker of the Forge of Flesh claimed that it was because I was the chosen of some evil God or something. The whole thing sounds insane to me, and I'm the one that experienced it and even have the photos and Underworld alchemy ingredients to prove it."
Of course, there could be variations based on exactly when the conversation takes place, and Willow would likely interject at times. That said, I feel like there's potential there for a story arc exploring the MC's exact nature, and the nature of his connection to the Underworld - something the game seems to largely overlook, currently. It could even play up Willow's role as a Priestess of The One, giving her access to information and resources that would otherwise be unavailable to them, with a number of different ways the arc could potentially play out depending on where you want to go with it.
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Even though the Underworld was arguably already ruined? Also, my interest in this isn't actually about the Underworld itself. I'm treating that more as a piece of the larger puzzle. If the caretaker was correct in her claim about what he is, I imagine that could have broader implications beyond just the Underworld. Willow could also take advantage of his access, theoretically, to have him retrieve things for her or to try to get information from the well.
There are other ways to approach it that aren't him relying on her to fix a problem, and that don't require her to be able to do anything about the Underworld.