song that plays when you encounter a caterpillar

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13.296: A 64th flam doesn't feel appropriate here, it's just a 16th at 13.446.
14.196 / 16.446: You use one of the hardest patterns possible & one of the easiest patterns possible for this sound back to back. Of course none of this is actually difficulty-relevant, but more consistency would help this feel more cohesive.
23.946: Jump?
33.996-34.446: Anchor emphasis feels off here--suggest using a 3-note anchor for the three melody notes & moving the fourth jump off of that to mark that it is for the kick and not connected to the previous three.
36.546: Don't believe this is a jump under your layering scheme. (No jump or kick; compare 30.696.)

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** 38.946-57.694: My biggest issues with this file are all related to the 20th streams here. Specifically:

* Inconsistent quantization use, especially at the start of streams. Rhythmically, they're all basically the same, and yet they start in 4 different ways. Please standardize, ideally to pure 20ths.
--> First 20th stream should start at 38.796, not the 8th after.
--> 45.995, 48.395, 50.794: Streams start here, not the 16th after.
--> Why does 55.594 start with 24ths?
--> The sound at 50.194 occurs earlier and is followed with 16ths.

* The flam you mentioned at 45.037 does indeed need fixing. Matching with 54.695 is good.

* Anchor use frequently creates strange column bias. It is not necessarily spiky, but I question whether you want to follow such a smooth sound with patterns so inconsistent in difficulty / column bias. Some examples:
--> 39.933-40.670: Watch column 4.
--> 44.076-44.914, 46.476-47.313: Column 4 again. Not as bad as previous note, but still worth not putting both anchors on the same column imo.
--> 48.395-50.194: Patterns in this stream are randomly way harder and more anchory??
--> 55.594-56.675: This is (almost) a 3/20th anchor on column 1 for a full second.

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* 61.894-end: These denser handstream sections are quite a lot harder than the rest of the file. I agree an increase in density is warranted over the first half, but given that there are also more 16ths here, I don't think there's any need for such a dramatic boost in layering. My suggestion would be:
- Drop purely percussive jumps like 62.044. Follow melody with jumps, like 62.344. (This aligns with your layering methodology in the first half. The only difference is that removing jumps to kicks helps moderate density.)
- Reserve hands for the particularly loud, shrill melody notes like 62.794, 63.394, 63.994, and so on roughly every second beat, as well as special accents like 64.894, 67.294.

* The previous suggestion would already do a lot to counteract this, but also pay attention to anchor use in the handstream. For example, watch the middle two columns at 73.744-76.894. I don't think you want anchors this long!!

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This is a good start, but could use some polishing to ensure that the difficulty curve makes sense & that patterns feel how you want them to. It's a theme that's come up in a few of my notes above, but I do strongly suggest you take a look through this file with an eye specifically for anchor use: when are they justified? when do you want to create tension, and when do you want to release it? With a bit more care, this could be really fun. [6/10]

Judge Score: 6.00 - Rejected