i missed your comment ^^; but thank you!
i dont know if revealing the symbolic elements of a piece of art makes an experience worse, and like death of the author your interpretation is more important than mine in some ways but if youre curious:
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in my head the ritual is like making and sharing art, so all the npcs are participating by making stuff and giving it to you and then youre continuing it by making new stuff and giving it back to them. on a more meta level though youre completing a ritual i started by playing a game i have made