1. You can actively hypnotize others? HOW?

I thought "hypnosis" was only passive stuff, like applying mantras during training or benefitting on assignments.
2. A question about Overconfident Summoner start: is it just starting down the Puppet Leader path on day 1, or do the forced encounters keep repeating? I recall someone mentioning that PL progression is supposedly tied to gold extorted from you or something, rather than a simple "get assaulted X times = PL" - if true, then my assumption is that the encounter loops indefinitely since the OS version never takes gold. Is that true? Sounds like something I expected from normal post-PL gameplay - ongoing assaults.
3. Late one: 0.991 (I think) added these extra mini events on new day start that provide some bonuses - e.g., a Beastmaster talks to you about their beast being restless and you can send them to Forage alone so they bring back something (not sure whether it always is a slave, but more often than not - yes) -, and I noticed one such event awarded a "Bonus Trait Slot" to the slaver. Is that supposed to be an
Aspect slot? Or is there actually a limit to the number of
traits you can have?