(apologies for strange wording, not my first language)
I'm so happy to see this updated! This is still one of my favorites (and I have itch collection with 1300+ if and vn in it). Also, I was your first ever commenter, yay! It's an honor. (doing happy dance).
Others already said about how good it is (it is!!), so I just wanted to mention my own experiences with it.
Audio is still sooo good. Sometimes I just paused my reading and listened to background sounds or music for a while.
My Elegance is such a gentle, but sad creature with a quiet presense. He cries... a lot (relatable), and a thought of killing someone, even the little bug (oh my heart) absolutely destroys him. But still he prevails and is surprisingly stubborn when it comes to his attachments. No matter what Younger does... And he wears his heart on his sleeve, because I like making his life more difficult, hah.
And yes, the beetle, oh my god. For my Elegance, lonely and starved for attention, trying to reach for anyone only for everyone to distance themselves, this little bug was a salvation of sorts. And to have it taken away from us... I was ugly crying right alongside my Elegance, because I really felt that devastating loss.
There is one thing I wanted to ask... Is there a chance you will attach your game as a downloadable file? I'm asking because I'm living in a country rapidly going through some totalitarian scenarios. I fear in a year or two we simply won't have access to the global Internet... so I'm downloading everything I can so I can play it locally in worst case scenario. And I really like your story and would like to be able to read it in the future.
I'm not insisting in any way. If it's a bother or you simply don't want to do that, I completely understand. Esp. considering the whole AI stealing disaster. Just figured I'd ask.