About the staring, you're right, it's still a pointless pink herring for now. Eventually I'll add some kind of a small reward to it but for now it's nothing at all.
About the 3rd hidden Alon... that one is kinda tricky even though his clickable area is the biggest and the most in your face of them all. I'll only give you light hints for now. He is the last one to show up, appears only for like five lines and you cannot miss him on your first playthrough no matter what routes you take.