Well belleve it or not, Stoya's thoughts on this have nothing to do with Patreon. He initially wanted to provide a definitive answer to that question (not revealing what his thoughts actually were), but is rather fond of the ambiguity it's left in, and of the idea that love can thrive and be allowed to be what it is without complications. He was aware of the potential Patreon matter but that didn't factor in his reasoning. And I kinda like that approach myself: what does it change really to the Jaye-MC love relationship at this stage? If they're together by the end of chapter 9, they've already had that conversation and agreed that it wouldn't matter either way (when they didn't have the test results)...