When I look at this, I look back at my sophomore and junior years of high school. My golden retriever passed from cancer on the first weekend of school. After that, I found it more difficult than usual to stay focused. It also didn't help that at that time, the school I was in was a he11 hole with fights being a daily thing. I was lucky that a former friend didn't try to stab my eye out over a disagreement. The feeling of everything was falling apart was reinforced everything that was happening in the world at the time. The game industry pushing pay to win systems, people disrespecting others over their ideas. My great grandfather passed from a stroke later in my sophomore year. Things felt very grim overall. During my second semester of my junior year, I was taking online school and eventually started playing hollow knight on my PC out of curiosity. Getting the dream no more ending helped me move on but never forget my loved ones. It also made me a bit more persistent. [spoiler]the art looks good.[/spoiler]