My issue is that fundamentally, it's no more possible now than it was at the beginning of early access. All we actually know is that patrons will for sure be acknowledge in-game, which frankly I'd think was assumed before now but not guaranteed. Larian's confirmation doesn't really mean anything in that regard. My theory was always that they'd be as undefined as the narrator, and Larian hasn't given any information that suggests this has changed. We're both baselessly speculating, you're just more optimistic about it.