Ahhh woww what A long comment!! :00 I think there might be more words here than the entirety of HV haha-- Thank you very much!! I'm very flattered my game resonated enough to inspire so many words ;a;;
I had a lot of fun adding in all the little details, I'm glad you liked them! I appreciate your comments about all the endings too, I'm so happy you got so much out of each of them!!
Thank you for the drawing of Xael!! It's super cute, he does look very judgy. I love it!! (Your artwork displays fine to me btw, itch seems to shrink images down to (At least on PC where I'm viewing it!)
I don't have much to say on your observations other than I'm happy you picked up so much! I think the only thing I'd add is despite Xael's threats I don't picture him giving up even in the "Moving On" Ending (But that's just my own personal headcannon--can I have headcannons as the author?? LOL)
I haven't talked too much about my plans for the future (past mentioning how at some point I'd like to make a prequel)
But I do intend to do/show more of these characters (I have a few VNs to finish up first, and I intend on HV prequel on being quite long, but I have some sketches already made if you're interested in what little extras I have to share!):
Very rough screenshot along with what I imagine to be an early scene:
And 2 doodles messing a little with more intense lighting:
I've had such a smile on my face since reading this comment! Thank you very much again for saying such lovely things about my little VN! <3333