Thank you so much for your detailed thoughts and for taking the time to play our game! The connection to the nature of game jams was unintentional, but it's such a lovely way the message carries over to our real lives.
And thank you so much for spotting the bug! I absolutely misspelled "dissolve" and will update the build as soon as itch.io allows me.
Luckily, it was just about to show a screen telling you that you reached an ending, so you didn't miss any story! Thank you again for reporting the bug