I feel it's for the best a Chris route doesn't happen if only because he's the only possible route who'd have power imbalance issues. Kane is a sweetheart and I feel he'd work very well, I just hope he wouldn't have so much less time in the game since you only see him after the second act begins iirc
As for people going on about how certain things don't make sense I would suggest waiting for the next build that will release because while I'm not able to say anything it explains a good deal of stuff that's going on and has some good scenes in it that might satisfy you. Not every mystery is something easily explained but I do promise you it's rather simple to see where certain things will go if you reread the text and don't skip anything like some people here seemed to have lol
I feel like Santa Lucia is less like a traditional FVN in the way it handles a lot of its plot elements and feels more like an actual visual novel you'd see outside of the niche and while that might hurt how people perceive it at times I hope you guys keep to what you do best!