Thank you. The slow deterioration of the backgrounds was fun. A lot was done for the sake of cognitive distortion. I'm really happy you appreciated it, even before I started completely blasting the images haha.
And the last paragraph means a lot to me too. I didn't want the red to be too strong. It was the hardest thing to really gauge since beta readers experienced it slightly differently. It was part of my goal.. for it to be kind of noticeable but also not. Smiles