I said then when Sagan passed, but I had experienced the loss of my first cat, Smokey at the same time. And the empty home feeling is hard. I still look at where her food used to be and feel a wave of sadness. I’m glad you and Mal have each other. Take your time to heal.

Imo 3 adds so much QoL that I feel youd miss too much if you go back to the other games after playing 3 first, so playing 1 and 2 before 3 still is the best route to take. Others may disagree and want the better feeling combat and nicer QoL features but you really do miss them when you don’t have it