nah I know for a fact it was completely equipped - I made sure to double check after the second battle too, just to make sure I hadn't flubbed it after the first one.
However!! readme reveals that this is version... 0.3.2!
Which means I actually downloaded this a long time ago before getting around to playing it apparently! I have a todo list you see 😅
Maybe that explains it? I'll give it another round later with the latest version, and I'll screen record it for ya, just in case. Hopefully the version is the issue. stay tuned!