I’m not sure if it helps with this, but there is an option in the gameplay menu to have the “Avatar” selected after combat. For me, while sometimes another, closer party member is selected post-battle, most of the time it is my PC.
And yes, I agree it’s annoying not to be able to pick which character we want to lead a conversation when they’re all standing right there! This is something that’s been raised multiple times since early access days, but unfortunately hasn’t been addressed.
