Worth noting I went through a lot of debug and troubleshooting steps, but ultimately it took time. Not sure if any of the steps I took were helpful or necessary ultimately, but after tailing the install logs and seeing that it was actually busy even though the --verbose script didn't specific updates it became clear that I was killing the process at different points in the installation. Now it's downloading the .bin file. I have a terribly slow rural cellular connection, so this is why patience can sometimes pay off for me. Hope that helps others who might be a little to anxious to kill the script when it gets stuck at the reify:dalai step.

status update for cloning to local