Yeah, I see. I played it again, doing the literal bare minimum of sleeping in every day and saw that the same ending occurred. I thought Penelope would leave the village with Catalina when she had enough experiences encouraging her to embrace change, but I guess she would never have been ready to take it that far. A little bitter to realize, especially considering that means no matter what happens in the course of the game, she never changes, but fitting perhaps. Thank you for making this game. It's given me some things to think about.
Happy holidays to you too!