I’ve made the similar choice - for the ethical reason at least. And I’ve already experienced the grand finale.
Of course, the result is not valuable mechanically - at all - but it’s rewarding morally, at least. And, to be frank, almost no reward from actually winning would benefit my main from pure mechanical point of view.
I’m also very happy that I’ve managed to recover the mind of Topsy King, even if just partially.
I couldn’t get rid of associations with the Stalker by Andrey Tarkovsky. I wonder whether Failbetter Games have actually been somewhat inspired by it when working on this Ambition. The screenplay (as opposed to the movie) ends with Stalker saying to his wife something like ‘Well, these are my friends now, though we haven’t achieved anything else’, and that’s exactly what I felt when walking home with Monkey in tow.
I wonder, though, having made the choose that I’ve made, will I get a chance to hire Cora Bagley to my Lab? I should be able to, but I don’t quite understand how to do it.