First trigger on animation

Hey guys!

I’m working on a project and wanted to include a hover state where an image appears and follows the cursor while hovering over the image. (which it does perfectly) However, it’s supposed to fade in slowly when the mouse hovers over it. And that’s where it goes wrong… but only the first time the “animation” is triggered.

I have no clue what it is I’m doing wrong.
Thanks in advance!


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