There ARE one or two parts that could be considered as an explanation, but they're still rather cryptic and feel like more of a reward since you've probably pieced a number of things together by that point. Even then, you're not guaranteed to get that dialogue unless you work for it

I definitely recommend it! The game doesn't hold your hand at all with the storytelling, which you have to piece together from the indirect things that people say, notes that say things but don't explain much lol, and the environment itself.