Wow, thank you so so much for your lovely comment omg 💖
I'm really glad you appreciate the simplicity of 'Why' - I struggled quite a lot with deciding whether or not to ask a question but it totally adds something to the tone. Sometimes answering a question like "why am I heartbroken " can be heavy, but I'd love to see it as an interesting avenue for how you can answer it. Also the fact that you might not know why just yet, and that's also a valid answer! The thing is with cyclical pain (not necessarily just physical either, grief works similarly to me), is that it'll be back - and maybe one day you'll find your why. But beyond answering that is the acknowledgement that you'll persist in spite of it all! We go on because we deserve to.
I can totally see how you've drawn that link between our games, there are times where the aches are all consuming and I agree that the designer captures that so well! And I'm glad that, at least to you, I was able to offer a same wavelength/different perspective style companion and thank you for flagging Deric's entry to me :D
Thanks again!