Just wanna preface that I adore this game, love it dearly. Definitely in my current top 10 HS games for sure.
However, my critique this update is, jesus the amount of just unnecessary dialogue and banter got really exhausting really quick. It didn't have any charm to it, was a lot of dead pan back and forthing and just honestly felt way more in abundance and even at times forced. Compared to priors where the story definitely moved along and there was always something going on, there was a good portion of downtime and it just kinda felt bleak, like I wouldn't miss a single detail, laugh, or otherwise, if I skipped 50% of it. Just giving a fair criticism, dont shoot me.
Otherwise looking forward to the next update.