So... To make sure I understand this correctly. When a ship is sent out to collect, it brings back the same "growth amount" regardless of how many "converted tithes" are picked up? Well, that certainly changes how I'm gonna approach further runs a bit. At least until it's corrected. I personally enjoyed the idea of letting a ship gather as much as once, but if it basically doesn't matter then I may as well send it out constantly.
I don't remember hearing a line on the slam, but at the time I had used it because a couple of pesky troops got too close. It just happened to catch some of the bodies not yet picked up. Still, I do think "palm slam auto absorbs" would be a solid late-game upgrade effect; reinforcing that she doesn't want to just use it because she needs the people alive.
EDIT: Found a bug. Defeat screen is completely skipped, no sequence at all. Just restarts.