Have only one question - why rather often people who creating such great and deep stories need to suffer from moral trauma or losing relatives in painful way?((((
(Sorry for reminding)
Wish you good luck in creating this great VN!
P.S. Really like Joel impression + his overall mood.Personally i think he is best person to distract Simon(Aaron) from his gloom state of mind due to things happened.
10/10 without any doubts