Aluminium/Gwen/Icebreaker

[warrior_hamster]

I absolutely loved this game for the first few hours.
However, when it got to the point that Gwen disappeared and I needed aluminium and a spirit flower I hit a brick wall.

1. Gwen tells you she is leaving
2. You keep seeing her at the shops.

Almost nothing has happened in their boathouses so far apart from me upgrading them, why on earth would the trigger to get her back be to go into her house on the boat???
I had no reason to ever enter her house again especially because I kept seeing her around.
It just bluntly pops up as well, oh go find her because she isn't there. No duh, she said she was leaving for a while.
There was no prompt unless I missed it somehow or it bugged out.
There needs to be a prompt, I don't believe this is the style of game that needs a soulslike response of "get good", I play them at other times.
I wasted hours sailing all over thinking there was a bug related to the aluminium dragon not showing up or something, just thinking Gwen might come back later.
I hate the fact I had to look online for such a cosy initially fun game.