Sadly, with Lym, they did this just to give Nyx more power and influence over the pathetic MC. No matter what you say to Lym, the game completely ignores it and enforces the narrative that the MC is manipulating Lym because Nyx told him to. There's a point where you have to choose between three options in a conversation with Lym: 1) remember Nyx's plan (manipulation), 2) show her how you feel (I assumed at the time that it was genuine romance), or 3) just leave or say nothing. I picked the second choice, only to my surprise later, when the highly esteemed Leader and Captain MC delivers his report to his master Nyx, that the choice doesn't matter. 🤣