This is where the "Alpha v2" version shines: it introduces a stat that persists across save files. If you play through the game twice, your second run will contain contradictory lore from the first. No official explanation has been given, but dataminers have found a hidden text file titled "The player is the demon.txt" .
The stele glowed, and in that glow the dog became longer, or the world became smaller; it was hard to be sure which. For a blink her ribcage was carved in runes, and around them a memory wrapped like fog: a human child—pink, startled—making a promise to keep a secret for the demon in exchange for a boon that let the child forget grief. The stele had held that promise in a soft place, and the demon had come—as old debts come—to take it back. The Demon-s Stele The Dog Princess -Alpha v2....
: Characters now have varying levels of consciousness (Deep Asleep vs. Wakeable), affecting how they respond to the Hero's actions. This is where the "Alpha v2" version shines: