I just had a funny thought, maybe someone can confirm or correct me.
I was thinking about all the different animations pals have, and came to the conclusion I think Astegon might have the fewest animations in the game.
If there's a thing that can go wrong for reducing the animations a pal has, it applies to Astegon.
Astegon is a "bird", so no jumping, landing, swimming, ect animations.
Not *actually* a bird, so doesn't really have the various transition animations the actual birds do to land. It just kinda... floats.
Astegon has nearly as few work suitabiliies as a pal can have, only having mining and handiwork.
It's definitely not a swimmer, so no fishing.
Not a glider, so no (unused) glide animation.
Astegon has no unique attack, and its unique skill is just mounting with the mining boost.
I haven't checked, I'm away now, but I seriously doubt Astegon of all pals got a sleeping together animation.
And then I seem to recall Astegon using an attack animation to mine as well, but that could be from a long ass time ago/misremembering.
I'm almost assuredly not remembering every single pal who also is pretty fucked by all the things that can go wrong, but