I got the berry and lived. In that moment, I was in utter shock at what I had just done. After purposefully dying to get the previous screenshot and heading back up to the final room... it was done. Every berry had been collected without the double dash. It was over.
There is a reason I did not collect any berries the first time. It was because I was afraid. I was reminded of a certain radish collectible in Foreverred, specifically the great difficulty it posed in Gemskip. I knew Gemskip was intentional in Foreverred, but not in base Celeste Classic, so I feared that not all the berries were possible. And yet… I tried anyway, and succeeded.
Even though I was unsure if it was even possible, I still tried, knowing there was a chance my efforts would be wasted. I’m quite lucky that such a thing was possible, in all honesty. But I will say there is something intriguing about that will to do what might not even be possible. A focus so powerful that it breaks any discouragement. There is a name for this… “determination”. And that feeling… that “determination”... through its power, the impossible is made possible.
