Thanks for giving it another shot.
I uh, forgot to exit the peaceful stance when you lock on. Oops.
The other issues are ones I'm sadly well familiar with - I just haven't figured out how to deal with them yet.
Still, I suppose it's a good thing you're not running into too many problems I didn't know about.
Also, thank you for the kind words about the player character. I have a hard time telling if I'm making any progress sometimes.