Howdy, after reviewing the dev log I know I definitely tried that answer numerous times, perhaps my game was bugged? I'll be jumping in and trying again later today as I am ultra curious on the ending. I do appreciate your response.
Edit: I don't know if you want to know about bugs, but there is a subtitle bug where the subtitles persist indefinitely if you click the arrow before the subtitles had a chance to finish.
Cheers