Actually, the Counsellor IS lying; if it were telling it the truth, it would ping off the Wretch and say it was 2 away from evil.
After reloading and continuing, I played Reflection on Clockwork Golem again just to check if it was a one time thing. The game froze up again. I am on web version by the way.
Great game. Just one issue: I played Reflection on Clockwork Golem and the game froze up.