Kinu is still a "People" chat option for Hotaru, despite still being a kid (and in the amulet) in my save. If the variation matters, Hotaru mentions that she plays the zither, if that happens to be one of the variation differences between Kinus.
"Oh, aren't you just the cutest thingthe lupine ladies say as they saunter up to you
forgot to mention in the title but this is without cait. without cait they also refer to the pc as "dears" plural. reading it now WITH cait, and this typo is gone ^ and the "dears" now fits