yessss i love this read on ari!! although indi is the quasi-POV character and more sympathetic as a result, i wanted ari to have her own motivations and desires even if they're obscured. it's much more engaging to me in this story if both of them have their own reasons and desires that are gradually falling out of compatibility with each other and you just watch them dissolve. indi remembering how they reacted to the abuse as kids (in chapter 6, i believe) was a late-stage addition in response to a betaread, but im glad i did it cause it seems like people have attached to it. and im really happy with the soundtrack! it was fun to be very deliberately sketchy with it. thank you for the kind words (ill forward them to the relevant parties!) - means even more coming from you -lav