Omg haha, thank YOU for taking the time to write all of this up :D
I love reading thorough writeups like this and get a feeling of how people connected to the game and the story.
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I found it very fascinating how many people voiced how fitting a romance between Player and Shawn would be. And the more I thought about it, the more sense it made :D Even though it was quite a challenge to come up with an organic way of playing it out.
I'm so happy that you saw the ending theme Echoes also as a goodbye to Shawn and the others which is exactly what I wanted it to express.
Thanks again for your comment, it's really motivating and nice to see people connecting to something that's very close to my heart :)