Oh wow, the game got me teared up!
I got invested enough in the game that I tried to check if there was another ending, if I got to the top without 99 petals.
That's very nice to hear. There were plans for some unique dialogue if you failed to get 99 in the first level, but I was not able to add it due to time constraints, and instead just had your petal count fix to 99 when you reached the end. When I am eventually able to update this after the jam, I will gladly go back and add little details like that.