A while back I've read in reddit that it's not possible for someone to get moment of clarity as their first ever route

Well guess what, I convinced a friend of mine to install the game and stream it for me. As I watched her decide to leave her in the basement. And then in the secend chapter also decides to trow the dagger into the void and stay with the princess forever. So there's that. All I can say is that's definitely not what I would've done but that's the beauty of watching someone else play I guess.