Sorry if some things here doesnt make anysense.I dont really speak english that much.
1- Yeah. I did believe that at first when i read that part-- But being honest, while playing the game i seemed to forgot that you could only play this once. So my options were just by what i felt was right, and i think im letting it that way.
2- Okay, so this is it: For SAL- if I´m being totally honest, i see myself in them, in all the ways you described them. So i see them as me; an (probably) nby autistic (or nd) person, that is not arromantic, but does not love the same way as the rest of people do because of how does their brain work. I don´t really find them in a specific physical way or image. I like to think their image would change with time. (if they were a human)
And with Ash i see someone that isnt scare to love someone different than him. I imagine him as a guy, yes. But not a person that really cares about labels around his identity, and that you could see him as you want, after all he knows very well who he really is.
3- I chose to be honest, in all ways possible to SAL. My game ended with the characters wanting to discuss more about this tomorrow. And with SAL understanding a lit more their "feelings" towards their love.
4- I dont think i really disliked anything in this, at least not something i can remember at this moment. But i really can talk about what i *did* like! First of all: as i said before, i really see myself in SAL, so i like their character. But even further than that, i know some people could relate to their character in a different way to mine. So that says a lot of positive things about the writing of characters. How after all they are really vague to being set up to the player´s imagination- but also having a strong personality on them.
5- I dont know, to be honest. I know there is a positive reaction to it, but i cant put my hands to what it is. I enjoyed it all the time, yes, but i can´t see myself reflecting my experience or feelings towards my gameplay under the "how does that make you feel" question.
6- I would like to let the characters with this. I think this project reflects themselves just as they needed- and i think its enough as it is.
7- I see the relationship progressing in a intimate (not erotic) way. Could be platonic, but i feel them knowing more about themselves with the help of each others, and with a good end even if its not a romantic one.
8-I would normally have something else to add! but im stunned, you placed your words in these questions in a way that its so open to answering, that at the end i was able to say everything that was in my mind! But yeah, tysm for creating this game, it was beautiful in all sense, and i think it let me think more about myself and how i see and even accept others love.