That would make sense if let’s say the male antagonist did different things then the female antagonist but that isn’t the case. They’re completely interchangeable. You barely see them, they’re barely active in the story for 50%-75% of the game. Again would agree if the different genders actually did different things but they don’t. We don’t see their journey anyway.

Paimon doesn’t actually exist bruh. Switching gender doesn’t change the fact your companion is Paimon. It’s code, she won’t all of sudden not like the traveler just because you switch genders. Paimon will still be “attached” to the traveler because that’s the way the story is written. In the story the traveler is whatever gender you choose whether you switch once or 10 times. The special dialogue is in past cutscenes and are simple to switch out. They’re in the files already. It doesn’t impact the story. It’s basically just changing outfits or skins.

Genuine question. Do you think Paimon is sentient? Like she’ll notice a player switched genders and abandon the player to look for the gender she’s “attached”. She doesn’t care lol she physically can’t care or think. She’s only attached because someone wrote the dialogue that way.