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Take you photo looking straight down on the edge, not from the side and with a strong light overhead. If the bevels are not meeting at the edge light will reflect off those spots where they are not...

So my question is, can we have a bevel edge free of shiny aberrations, yet still not be set correctly?

No, you are not looking at the edge. If the edge was meeting fully it would cut hair.

Take...

“Is this something I should seek to get rid of when I go back to the hone?”

In your case, yes.

It shows that the blade was not flat on the stone, so you have one bevel at one angle and another...

I don’t know why some folks insist on recommending new honers use a 10x loupe.

Use as much magnification as it takes for you to see what you need to, so you understand what is happening at the...

If you load your last pic into a photo editor, and enlarge to its max, it looks like you have a double bevel on the left side. Most probably from freehanding.

Shiny spots on the edge, not the bevels. Look straight down on the edge, roll the blade a few degrees each way.

How much magnification are you using?

The first two pics are a bevel not fully...

If you are honing freehand, the angle is constantly changing and you may not be honing to the edge or completely across the edge with each stroke.

What you should see is the same thing, reflection...

From the look of the bevel, I would suspect a holding issue. While I have never honed a razor like that freehand, I would use a holder.

I have honed small finger plane blades (about that size)...