>>532492431
>abby asks if we "won"
no, abby. we did not. we lost hard.

so I'm >>532432185
I just finished the story
the justification is that she's not around anymore, so having her in your party isn't canon which honestly I consider to be the worst-case scenario

This was actually a deeply frustrating conclusion, I think. Yes, I know that people were afraid she was just going to end up as yet more waifubait for Rover. Honestly, I would have preferred that to her being fucking dead.
I get it, we need a bitter ending at times so that the sweet times are sweeter. But I also lost the 50/50 and now that I've seen the ending I'm just in a bad fucking mood.

Rover lets Phrolova walk all over him when they are arguing about her motivation and barely even tries to convince her that she's being used by the Fractsidus. He just limply stands there while she accuses him of being weak for cutting ties with the past and starting over. And then he kills her by his own hand and Cristoforo gets away with the gem.

No Abby, we did not win. Perhaps moreso that at any point in the story thus far, we lost.