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This visual novel hooked me really bad and has portrayed the most unique take of a "parasite" in this jam for me. At first I thought "this is lacking gameplay" but it more than made up for it with the excellent writing, the interesting interactions and descriptions of events, of powerlessness, of depression. It started weird, got depressing, then dissociative and then optimistic and full of self-love. It was so good that I was just fine clicking myself from dialogue line to line until it presented me with a choice in the end, time passed so quickly I didnt even notice.

A critique I would have is that the choices are so far in the end that the story does not have time to wrap itself up adequately with each ending. It feels kind of rushed, especially with the second rotting ending. If the game presented the choices and then gave itself a little more time to end the story around the choices, that would have been great. The rot ending also feels like a 180° from what was said just right before as the player character seemed to be giving in to what the "parasite" was saying. But I'm also happy that both endings didn't portray themselves as the good and/or the bad ending.

Nevertheless this was a really thought provoking and emotional experience, as someone who, like many others, can kind of relate with the emotions displayed. Very well done!