spoilers for a side character who does not Seem to be important halfway through part 2
Labyrinth of Galleria is raising questions much, much faster than it can answer them, even at hour 60 of the game (where I would quantify the plot as "answering questions, finally, which raises further questions"), but the one question I really, really did not expect it to raise was
"how did Galleria manage to drop a gay trans man into its plot for exactly five minutes when that is the thing I least expected it to do in every regard"
like you're viewing a cutscene after doing some quite tedious backtracking, and it opens up with a random asshole noble being introduced and promptly lording himself over the lessers in a way I can most charitably describe as "hazing that is probably intended to be humorous, but really isn't". five minutes later he's privately crying on Eureka's shoulder about how hard is it to live a lie when his physical body doesn't match up with who he is on the inside, and moreover, when he's attracted to the same gender.
Eureka is a nice and kind ally about this of course, in that sort of "hey I like guys[1] too it's okay" clueless idiot way that befits her
i walk around my apartment in complete shock, sit back down, and the next dialog box is "wow, it's so great that the witch turned Hubert into a guy so that he could be himself!". he is promptly never mentioned again
for a game that's just full speed ahead on the kind of borderline-uncomfortable gothic drpg edginess and double full speed ahead on girls girls girls, it's so surprising to see what feels this earnest moment slipped into the game as an extremely brief episode
[1] roll to disbelieve