Thank you @JeremyLT and @ArielLeslie for the responses. I now have the understanding I was needing.
Also, I decided to write it all out on paper and this helped tremendously as well. Here is a picture of that incase anyone is curious. I went with n = 3 to begin with so it wouldn’t be so long. I guess this is why we use computers lol!
The red indicates the flow back once the base case has been reached. @ArielLeslie I see now what you mean about setting up dominoes. Then the base case, or exit condition, gives the last domino a little flick to set it all into motion.
