But what happened next was unprecedented. In a moment that stunned us all, she got down on all fours. The sight of my strong, proud mother lowering herself to the ground in such a vulnerable position was something I had never seen before. She began to crawl around the room, going from one child to the next, looking each of us in the eye, and apologizing for not being able to instill better values in us.

“Mom, you said you’d get it for me,” I muttered, half‑joking, half‑hurt.

She looked up at me with a serious gaze. "I want to apologize to you, dear," she said, her voice trembling slightly.

The Day My Mother Made an Apology on All Fours " is an adult-oriented simulation game and visual novel that explores taboo themes of psychological manipulation and "training".