Loving the updates!
I'm intrigued by the use of the word "embalm" for the hats! I wonder if that's to signify that the hat is being laid to rest? Or maybe the word could have been "emboss."
Very meta to reference a theatre troupe in a manga chapter that would work well as a stage performance.
One set, no "camera" movement, this whole chapter was basically a short theatrical play.
That's a pretty crazy feat of strength. I've done an obstacle course where you carry your buddy up a slight incline for a moderate distance, and just doing that was difficult! Climbing a rock wall with someone hanging on your back is main character strength.
Now I'm wondering if it was Anna all along, and something about the trauma messed with both of their memories.
Probably not.
And the headshot cliffhanger isn't fooling anybody by the way, author-san.