I'm just happy to see people enjoy what I write. Sometimes I can beat myself up and think I'm a bad writer, so I'm relieved when someone tells me otherwise. So thank you. :) I'm glad that playing different routes gives you something to appreciate about the other ones too. I think seeing different sides of people is really makes you bond with them.
Guitar pick: Glad you picked up on that. In my mind he did keep the pick she gave him from the flashback for a long time, but he threw it away in a moment of anguish sometime after leaving Shocker. However he came across a different one later and he kept it because it gave him some shred of happiness. If only he knew about it, it wasn't that big of a deal, you see. People from our past change us and leave their mark on us. It's not a bad thing to want to remember Robin in his own way -but then he fucked up and gave it directly to her and he was embarrassed about that once he realized a couple days later.
Christmas: A lot when she looks back on it. She wasn't big on figuring herself out internally back then, but as she got more introspective, she realized how much Dallas wanting to spend time with her on a day she decided would have no meaning to her as a coping mechanism did indeed make her feel like a whole human.