So good i have to say it here. Was this inspired by 'A Short hike' in some way?
This feels like an evolution of it.
The initial idea was actually inspired from Marginalia III (specifically Marginalia #59) by Masakatsu Takagi! But I can totally hear how this would feel like an evolution of A Short Hike. I listen to a lot of different music so sometimes I just randomly pick up ideas from songs I've heard in the past that have been engrained in my head 😅