also, after forgetting to save and having to the haggis quest, I got stuck on when I made a bet with Flora? the guide just kept telling me to Flora the desk after I did it, shooting mad hoops with the world didn't fix it, and neither did giving Isabelle the book about manners.
My personal (barely educated on the subject matter) guess is that it's something to do with variables that are always "saved" in the system, but I'm no professional so it's like a 20/80 chance I'm right