I remembered

old time situation bubbled to the surface(this afternoon after work) when a buddy of mine asked if i felt sad if i lost a companion during the Journey...i really dont/didnt. buddy got angry. i dunno 2012 was an odd year. i ran the game all by my lonesome just for that moment to do all the things with another, capturing glyphs and awakening murals.

most of the time, alone. i was all by myself with only my own chirps and beeps to accompany me.

my first run of Journey and the many other journeys, I was utterly alone, through all the areas and the starfall back. i have had a lot of companion-less journeys.  A lot. I was taken aback by that though. I thought it was a timing or connection thing or something because right outta that first area before you hit the area to make the bridge ribbons, you can see if someone is in that area - from the huge gate open you can look down that corridor and see another traveler, i would get so excited seeing them and when i did reach that location.

alone. no one there. i’d chirp chirp chirp chirp.  no response, nothin. alone again.

from some experience of other players their whole adventure was with another person and they(some of them have told me) sometimes feel utterly ripped when their partner is gone during the adventure.

the first off lonely journey haunted my starfall-return from the mountain, any returns with or without companions , i am one  with the alone.

dont get me wrong, i enjoy and adore the companionship, and being with or without somebody isn’t some deep profound thing

but my starfall was alone and that’s okay, everyone starts off that way.