Man I love Penacony so far. It's so much more interesting than the Lao Fu. I'm a fan of the perspective switching, myself. Definitely gives the opportunity to tell some good character stories, which I think they did here. As for Firefly, I expect her personality is more or less genuine. There's just anther layer there. But, uh, I definitely brace for more shippy moments in 2.2 with her and Stelle. Just a feeling.