I was thinking how in the future, Coral and Kelp will have a lot of Octoling children, with just as many tentacle ones to protect them if the need arises. All of the Octoling children will have genetic traits from both Coral and Kelp while the half tentacle ones will only have genetic traits from Coral and the other half only have genetic traits from Kelp.
The game also be like: "Oh a humiliating defeat will build your character."