Evidence boundary
Coverage & Verification
- Main route completed — Nova, August 27 transcript and coloured Chapter 10 card
- Both warning paths complete; Opt out skips the hand-response and blood-wiping menus
- All displayed unlocked dialogue alternatives have direct results; creator confirms 80 Cain affinity for the brother question
- Paid illustration not purchased; no affection delta measured
30-second route
Quick Route
- 1
Choose your content preference at the abuse warningUse the right yellow X to keep the scenes, or the left yellow check labelled (Opt out) to skip the abuse sequence. Both choices have recorded continuation.
- 2
Take itYoung Cain accepts Adeline's hand beside the car.
- 3
I'd say so. → Ask about the parentsHear Abel's opinion of Cain's feelings, then ask Cain why his adoptive parents wanted an heir.
- 4
Right X — scenes retained
If you kept the scenes: (Take his hand) → Discreet methodIn the present day, Cain pulls his bloodied hand away and the protagonist wipes the blood onto his back. The September 11 Opt out path skips these two menus; proceed with the returned story instead.
- 5
Don't unlock (Keep Playing)Skip the optional 150-gem illustration and return to the completed Chapter 10 card.
- 6
Read Chapter 11's permanent-choice warning before selecting a portraitThe next chapter's character decision cannot be changed by replay.
Before you choose
Critical Choices
The brother question requires 80 Cain affinity
Coolom Games confirms this threshold in the official itch.io comments. Below it, our tested Locked option only shows an ellipsis and returns to the menu. Select Ask about the parents or Look at his abs to continue. Changing Chapter 5’s decision alone did not unlock it in our replay; no successful 80-point unlock has been independently tested here.
You can opt out of the abuse sequence
The left yellow check is (Opt out); the right X keeps the scenes. The September 11 Opt out route continues free but skips the later hand-response and blood-wiping menus. Follow the dialogue you receive rather than looking for those omitted choices; later references to violence remain.
Two hand scenes have different viewpoints
Take it beside Adeline belongs to young Cain. (Take his hand) after the memory belongs to the protagonist and adult Cain; it opens the blood-wiping follow-up. It cannot rescue Cain in the past.
The next chapter permanently chooses a character
Chapter 11 warns that its decision is final and replays will not change it. Read the next guide before choosing Florian, Cain or Abel. This chapter's ordinary replies are not that selection.
Blocking interactions
Minigame Help
Dialogue only — no separate hand minigame recorded
Continue through the present-day hand and blood exchange.
Controls
Select the text option; no holding, dragging or timed gesture is recorded here.
Exact sequence
- 01Select (Take his hand) in the present-day menu.
- 02At the blood-wiping follow-up, select Discreet method.
- 03Continue the dialogue and use Don't unlock (Keep Playing) at the illustration offer.
Success signal
The narration includes Stealth 100.; the free ending returns to the completed Chapter 10 card.
If it fails
If you are at a choice menu, select its text option. Fast Mode advances ordinary dialogue but is not a substitute for choosing an option.
Known boundary
Both blood-wiping options now have direct results. Opt out omits the hand-response and wiping menus; the locked brother question returns to the question menu on this save.
Match the screen in front of you
Find Your Current Choice
Search the exact prompt, option, character, or scene. A recorded route choice is one tested path, not automatically the universal best answer.
Showing 7 of 7 choice nodes
This chapter includes depictions of physical child abuse and neglect. You can opt out of these scenes if you want to.
Route: Recorded English playthrough · Evidence: Recorded route; alternative outcomes labelled individually
Source: August 27 Nova transcript and screenshots, August alternative audit, and September 8 click log. September 11 browser replays add direct alternative results and recheck the locked menu; no affection changes were measured.
Right X — keep the scenesRecorded route choiceClick the yellow X on the right to retain the childhood scenes. The screen does not have a text button named Continue with scenes.
(Opt out)Alternative tested — September 11Click the left yellow check. The September 11 replay continues to the free ending but omits the later hand-response and blood-wiping menus. Later references to violence remain.
Mrs. Montgomery offers me her hand.
Route: Recorded English playthrough · Evidence: Recorded route; alternative outcomes labelled individually
Source: August 27 Nova transcript and screenshots, August alternative audit, and September 8 click log. September 11 browser replays add direct alternative results and recheck the locked menu; no affection changes were measured.
Take itRecorded route choiceYoung Cain narrates: (She takes my hand and helps me out of the car.). This is Cain's childhood viewpoint.
Don't take itAlternative tested — September 11Young Cain narrates (Mrs. Montgomery extends her hand and takes mine anyway.). The refusal does not prevent her taking his hand.
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Route: Recorded English playthrough · Evidence: Recorded route; alternative outcomes labelled individually
Source: August 27 Nova transcript and screenshots, August alternative audit, and September 8 click log. September 11 browser replays add direct alternative results and recheck the locked menu; no affection changes were measured.
I'd say so.Recorded route choiceAbel says he has never seen Cain so hooked on a girl. Abel is answering Florian about Cain and the protagonist.
I'd say no.Alternative tested — September 11Abel replies Don’t worry, they’re not doing anything. to Florian. No relationship score change was measured.
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Route: Recorded English playthrough · Evidence: Recorded route; alternative outcomes labelled individually
Source: August 27 Nova transcript and screenshots, August alternative audit, and September 8 click log. September 11 browser replays add direct alternative results and recheck the locked menu; no affection changes were measured.
Ask about the parentsRecorded route choiceThe protagonist asks why the family wanted an heir so urgently. Cain describes threats linked to William's investments and the couple's need for an heir.
Locked optionLocked behavior tested — September 11The September 11 click shows only ...; continuing returns to the same three-option menu. No brother dialogue or unlock instructions appear. The older audit names Ask about the brother. Coolom Games states that this option requires 80 affinity with Cain; this is creator-confirmed guidance, not a successful unlock in our replay.
Look at his absAlternative tested — September 11The narrator responds (He tells you all this and you want to look at his abs?), then (Do you have to do this NOW?). No numerical relationship change was measured.
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Route: Right X — scenes retained · Evidence: Recorded route; alternative outcomes labelled individually
Source: August 27 Nova transcript and screenshots, August alternative audit, and September 8 click log. September 11 browser replays add direct alternative results and recheck the locked menu; no affection changes were measured.
(Take his hand)Recorded route choiceThe adult Cain pulls his hand away and warns that it is drenched in blood. The protagonist then notices blood on her own hands. This does not rescue young Cain or alter his past.
(Stay silent)Alternative tested — September 11Cain says Anyways., then the childhood memory resumes with (I’ve been sitting on the floor for a long time.). This skips the blood-wiping menu.
You're not thaaaat specialAlternative tested — September 11Cain replies What?. The protagonist says That I also had a difficult childhood., then jokes They never bought me Barbie’s Dreamhouse either. No affection delta was measured.
(I slowly bring my hand to his back and try to wipe it off.)
Route: Right X, then (Take his hand) · Evidence: Recorded route; alternative outcomes labelled individually
Source: August 27 Nova transcript and screenshots, August alternative audit, and September 8 click log. September 11 browser replays add direct alternative results and recheck the locked menu; no affection changes were measured.
Discreet methodRecorded route choiceThe protagonist apologizes, wipes her hand up and down and narrates Stealth 100. The childhood account then resumes.
Straight upAlternative tested — September 11The protagonist says I’m sorry kid. and pats Cain’s back hard. Cain asks Can you please not get rid of the blood on my back?. The conversation continues.
Unlock the Chapter 10 illustration?
Route: Recorded English playthrough · Evidence: Recorded route; alternative outcomes labelled individually
Source: August 27 Nova transcript and screenshots, August alternative audit, and September 8 click log. September 11 browser replays add direct alternative results and recheck the locked menu; no affection changes were measured.
Don't unlock (Keep Playing)Recorded route choiceContinues to the chapter menu without buying the 150-gem illustration.
Unlock for 150 gemsPaid, not verifiedOptional illustration; purchase and contents were not tested.
Relationship context
Childhood Viewpoint & Present-Day Choices
- To reproduce the completed record: right X → Take it → I'd say so. → Ask about the parents → (Take his hand) → Discreet method → Don't unlock (Keep Playing). Opt out is separately recorded as continuing the story.
- Young Cain taking Adeline's hand and the protagonist taking adult Cain's hand are different scenes. The latter is a present-day gesture, not a branching rescue from his childhood. The September 11 Opt out route omits the later hand-response and blood-wiping menus.
- Ask about the brother appears in the older audit, while the retained menu shows Locked option. September 13 also found it locked on independent Abel and Florian saves. The Florian save chose Chapter 5 OPTION TWO, yet clicking Locked option still returned to the menu; that history did not unlock it. Coolom Games explicitly states that this option requires 80 affinity with Cain. The threshold is creator-confirmed; reaching it and the resulting brother dialogue have not been independently replayed. Do not infer Isaac’s fate from the locked screen.
- No permanent romance selection is documented here. Chapter 11 contains the final character decision; read that warning before selecting a character.
Story Guide
Childhood
Mateo Becomes Cain
The adoption-centre account introduces six-year-old Mateo. His mother died in childbirth, his father left, and his older brother Isaac could not provide the resources needed to care for him. Adeline and William Montgomery adopt the child and rename him Cain. Their plan does not include Isaac, making the adoption a separation as well as a change of home.
The hand offered beside the car belongs to Adeline. Selecting Take it follows young Cain into this household; it is not the present-day protagonist agreeing to a romance. The story's later use of Mateo is tied to these memories, so treating it as a casual pet name loses the context of Cain's response.
Letters and abuse
Isaac's Letters and Giuseppe's Care
William demands a compliant heir and subjects Cain to violence and discipline. Giuseppe provides care within the household. Isaac's letters offer a possible way out, but the Montgomery parents discover them and discuss replacing the child. The content-warning opt-out allows the player to continue without reproducing the recorded abuse sequence.
The parents' conversation and Adeline's call about Isaac create a threat, but the selected parents-question route does not independently settle everything that happens to him. The unavailable question should not be filled in with a guessed outcome. The guide records what this path reveals and keeps the brother question's limits visible.
Present day
The Bloodied Hand Belongs to Adult Cain
The chapter moves between memory and the present-day conversation around a bloodied Cain. Abel's I'd say so. answers Florian's question about Cain's feelings; it is not the protagonist awarding affection points. Asking about the parents leads Cain to describe the family's urgent wish for an heir and the danger associated with William's work.
After the childhood plea for help, the visible choice returns to adult Cain. Taking his hand surprises him and leaves blood on the protagonist's hand. Discreet method then wipes it onto his back while she apologizes. This awkward present-day exchange cannot change the childhood events that the chapter has already shown.
Closing revelations
The Offer and the Camp Plan
At Cain's lowest point, a figure offers a way to answer his helplessness and anger. The transcript uses several supernatural names, including Suprem, Mort, God and Creador. Those labels do not resolve the figure's identity into one definitive explanation; Cain's account of accepting terms remains the relevant story claim.
Later dialogue connects his work and the earlier rescue to his adult life before the story turns toward camp. Choosing Don't unlock (Keep Playing) at the optional illustration reaches the completed chapter card. The next chapter changes the kind of decision involved: its character selection is explicitly permanent.
Sources and limits
Evidence & Coverage Notes
- The brother question remains locked: selecting it produces ... and continuing returns to the same menu. Choose Ask about the parents or Look at his abs to proceed. Coolom Games states that the brother option requires 80 affinity with Cain (official itch.io reply, post 16968927, checked September 13). This confirms the condition, not a successful browser unlock or the contents of the dialogue. Paid illustration contents and numerical effects of individual choices remain unverified.
- The August 27 transcript and screenshots establish the original completed Nova route. September 11 replays verify the free right-X and Opt out endings and direct alternatives. Build 2.0.0.52 comes from the September 8 log; it was not independently reread this time.
- The screenshot places adult Cain at (Take his hand), correcting the old guide's childhood-rescue description. I'd say so. is Abel's reply to Florian; the screen label takes priority over the data alias I'd say yes.
- September 11 adds direct results for Don’t take it, I’d say no., Look at his abs, (Stay silent), You’re not thaaaat special and Straight up. The right-X / Straight up path and the left-check Opt out path both reach the free ending. The short silent and joke replays add direct dialogue evidence; they are not separate full-completion claims.
Continue the walkthrough
Use the chapter links below to keep the story in order. Every published page links back to the main walkthrough.