I feel like its crazy to think that a lot of people will click away cause of 1 minute of banter when they've clicked on a 3 and a half hour episode 15 of a DnD show. maybe its important for the first few episodes to get people hooked but if you clicked this ep while knowing nothing then the best way to sell the show is just showing good vibes right?
even if the curse was "last of their line" for both august and ren, august being alive wouldn't matter to ren since august isnt part of rens line. Ren and augusts dad are line divergent creating two separate lines.