This was so fun!! I was collecting lil blue guys all along thinking "I guess getting more won't hurt," then was pleasantly surprised they came with me along the levels, then I doubled down on rescuing them, trying to make sure to avoid the baddies when I could to spare them, then I gasped out loud when one I was trying to rescue turned into a baddie, THEN at the end I just kept smiling open-mouthed as the maze opened up and revealed the enemies, AND THEN I was crestfallen when I realized I was one or two short and should have looked around those last mazes a little longer to rescue more friends.
Really, well done telling a beautiful narrative without words and bringing me on an emotional roller coaster with spheres.