thanks for playing both branches. the loop is the whole thing, so "a ritual instead of a first meeting" is exactly the read i was going for.
on the opening replies funneling into near-identical lines: that was the exact thing i rebuilt in the latest push. the first thing you say now sets the path, ask her something real and the middle changes with it, deflect and a stranger takes the dry half. if you played before the update you got the old build.
the 404 is real and mine, hunting it. and tap-to-skip during the typewriter is top of the fix list. 🎮