ok, and now I just kinda got softlocked by the "halt knave" slime, cuz I can't fight them, (cuz of the glitch I had mentioned), but I also can't flee or talk either. (edit: after quitting out of the game and reloading an earlier save or something I didn't get the glitch again, but still a bit odd it happened at all, and that you can't talk to the first slime girl after you bribe her.)