>abruptly leaves the main game's story without any apparent reason
>comes back just as abruptly just one short chapter later
>refuses to elaborate further
>months later, gets paid DLC to elaborate further

Jesus Christ this game's storytelling

Anyway, it's fine. I say it "elaborates", but I'm still not sure what the fuck is going on in this story. Killer main theme song though, interesting rendition of Battle at the Big Bridge, though it's the weakest version of this music they've ever done.