I got bugged out when I tried to see what happened if I left the dog companion back to the forest,
Well, first it was fine, the dog was left behind, but then, I had both options still available, that is, leave the dog behind, or take the dog back with you.
Not sure what the companion tab was looking at that moment, but what I did is,
Leave the dog behind again,
Then take the dog back
then again. take the dog back
This results in 1 companion, i.e. the dog, being my only companion but it said 2 companions out of 2. the error is simply there, on battle and so on, there is only 1 dog,
tried to get the girl from te town, charlotte, similarly, 1 compaion, the girl, companion tab says there are two compainions with me now,
Note had to leave the dog to take her.
the bottom text is always there, even if you have kuro with you, the dog, thats the name i gave him, the only difference is you would also have the option to let him at the forest,
as per the companion tab
2 / 2, only 1, trying to save/ load, save to disk and load from there, save, reset game, load, doesnt work. by this point i am too deep in the game, so i dont want to restart it all together. but its annoying