Ah thank you, I've done so.
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As far as I recalled, it went smoothly in terms of mechanics. though I don't remember any prompt explicitly recommending me to take Hiho as is the "proper" story experience (I've learned this through the walkthrough page after the fact when trying to figure out how to start the earlier mentioned quest) I just coincidentally took Hiho along on my first run out of pure curiosity on how these two apparently distinctly different characters would react to story beats.