>>57443241thank you! i had some worries that this chapter was gonna be too much uh... traveling lol. just swimming from place to place, after essentially last chapter was swimming from place to place. so i tried to minmax intrigue and information drip, and end on that sorta classic hook. i also figured younger mc and shiori acting cute would give the ending a little more punch.
also i guess.. maybe it's just me. but i feel like being cold is one of the easiest things to just imagine and remember. even more than being hot. i think just like... if you've ever just been wet and cold it's so easy to remember that it's almost like a cheat code to activate a reader's senses. so i did lean on that a bit.
anyway i'm glad you liked it!
