I think that you've hit the nail on the head with this. If I was optimistic about AWAM, I'd hope that L&P was also trying to recapture his former good writing ability but having woven such a complex scenario, especially from an incest follower's POV & with so many fan expectations raised.....which he helped foster, is finding it difficult. Anybody would.
Including the now near-redundant Part 1 bath, Part 2 & it's water time again FFS, so what was the real reason for the restaurant & nightclub, with all those associated 'issues'? To set the 'mood' after Dylan, (he of the insufferably smug face....excellent render work but...), proved himself a pervert stealing panties & using them as an aid to masturbation? Dining al fresco under the stars isn't romantic if one of the participants has used the other's lingerie to wank with. Forget "porn logic," it's not credible. I bet Sophia had a shower in the morning, as always. 3 baths in 1 day, now that's ultra hygienic (to the level of wrinkled skin?) & some still wonder why this game takes so long. Maybe she needs lots of water & to keep getting clean, as a displacement activity to stop having to think that her son's actions would place him on the Sex Offender's Register in some countries. (Sophia reset button time again, as there isn't a woman on Earth that would find an underwear thief sexually attractive, let alone her own son stealing her own intimate garments. It's a bend of the kink too far IMO & places Sophia in the same category as Dylan, whatever that is, because she's basically OK with it. 'Such corruption' & still 17PDs to go). I spent a lot of time defending the blackmail from the vociferous "anti" lobby but now a depraved Dylan is fine?
It also seems to me that there are more than 24 hours in this PD13. It may be going on & on for us but it's also the case in San Alejo, sometimes known as 'The City of 1,000 Interruptions' but also now 'City of Never Ending Nights.'