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The FRIENDs are literally cat heads. That actually ties them to Noelle.
>* Haha, Cat Petterz? The hell do you have this?
>* Um, excheese me? It's great! It's like a pet raising game but...
>* There's this, um, awesome bug that lets you get... glitchy pets.
>* I have a save file with like, seven headless cats. Faha.
ERAM being Dess/The Knight actually fits extremely well. The Knight has been following us all this time. She's seen what's going on, even in Weird Route. Why she doesn't seem to care is questionable, but she seems rather "cruel" to Kris in the Sword games period, making them kill everyone to progress.
It also ties back to the Smashing Fighters bit in Tenna's quiz:
>WHAT WAS ASRIEL'S FAVORITE CHARACTER IN SMASHING FIGHTERS?
>SWORD MAGICIAN
>He got embarrassed about liking the green dinosaur...
>...and switched to being a big fan of the fiery magician girl!
The Green Dinosaur/Lizard part relates back to Bratty saying she stole Asriel's first kiss. The "fiery magician girl" named "SWORD MAGICIAN" could then fit Dess. The Knight may actually literally be using Sword Magic to make all the different swords it throws at us.
It even fits well if she was indeed the Third Hero: Noelle uses Ice Magic. Another one wouldn't make sense. Instead, Dess may have used fire magic, better fitting her punk personality.