It's odd, I think, that so few videogames focus on the tender process of repair. Restoration is satisfying in a way almost nothing else is. Taking something broken, shattered, discarded and, by careful work, returning it to purpose is inherently pleasing, like you're reinstating a tiny bit of order in the world.
I reckon that's why we spend so long staring at people restoring art (and carpets, for some reason) on YouTube and TikTok: they make the world make a bit more sense, convince us that everything has some kind of Platonic essence that can only ever be obscured, but not destroyed.
