And additional question, how do you complete any side quests there, using Taara, who is incapable of guarding herself? Like it is literally impossible with other than main character

I assume I'm supposed to be confused. The tutorial tooltips weren't very clear, but I pushed though. The tutorial teaches me how to move the runes around the circle, but there's no real indication of why I would ever do so. I don't know what the runes do, and I don't know how the positions of the runes changes what they do. And there are so many of them I have no idea how to start figuring it out. I can't see how to tell what events are linked to the position of what runes. The terminology is weird. "Upc...

I realise this game is a couple of years old now but I've just picked it up and I'm noticing some very odd patterns in the writing and the art used for everything seems very similar to some other games that I know use AI generated imagery. I'm not saying this as a pro or a con, just curious, was AI text and image generation used heavily in the creation of this title? Or maybe for translation? Many thanks....

E.G. Recommended token positions for each intention to maximise RNG chance for winning the intention. Recommended character/stats for each intention.

Do I need to always end ritual to save game? Can't I play halfway and continue the progress next day?