I just got to play the newest chapter, and there were a lot of surprises indeed!
When I posted my previous impressions, I had skipped Fiona's event from chapter 2, so I replayed my save before going into chapter 3, though I've kept most of my other choices (I maintained on Kaija friend route). The talking in Fiona's entire route and her open-mind personality gave me some expectations for her companionship with Alex in the future, but I really got surprised about
Elea being a geek in mythology themes, which obviously also makes her a potential and resourceful companion for the future. That raised me some thoughts about Fiona...
Now, addressing the elephant in the room that is the main plot... I feel things are at least slowly starting to get better, but I'm still not much convinced about Kaija and what is her deal.
In any case, I've decided to keep sticking with her friend route and trying my luck with the other girls. Although, despite
going to the bar to talk to the barkeeper and Linnae was in overall a more interesting choice,
and also giving some hints for more potential and interesting interactions with Fiona with that Irish ale (though it's possible I'm overthink about it lmao), I've decided to train with Kaija in my main save and trying some effort of my part for our relationship. Even after all that drama, I still feel kinda connected to her, like an old friend that likes you despite everything. Actually, it just feels like the right choice for me, so yeah, I'm still hopeful for something. But in the end, I'm pretty open to all the options.
So, my conclusion and my message for Ceolag is: as I said in my other post, bring us the flashback scenes with Alex and Kaija! Not only those 2, but more as well! That will possibly be our best chance to make us reconsider our opinion about her.