I found what is causing the issue for the crash and a secondary bug. The crash is happening because that specific response is trying to find the player data from a previous patch (player location variables store when you go to camp). I must have missed that one as the remaining ones (even Lin's) appear correct/updated.
Looking into the Dragon Tear branches I also found the tear is flashing white every time instead of the correct color because I used the wrong sign at the final "Love" check (used less than instead of greater). The white flash is supposed to be when you are over the max of 600 Love.
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to play the game and reporting bugs and giving me feedback. I am sorry it is a bit buggy and will continue to keep fixing the bugs. I do play and test the game as I go, but unfortunately there are things I miss.
I greatly appreciate you!