In a way it feels like all the short ones were just all leading up to this... and those voice actors, what? For real?! Unexpectedly high caliber talent if so, the mickey/goofy bits of the lines make it seem like ti couldn't possibly be for any other context either... but maybe those particular bits were added in and the real voice is from elsewhere... can't help but be skeptical.
It's masterful though. The memory of the fish comes across strongly too. First encounter with death. Such ambience with the breeze, and the way it flaps around helplessly... amazing soundtrack as usual too. Ambiguous end. Didn't leave me as melancholy as some of your other stuff but feels like a pinnacle of sorts. Wholesome. Great work.
-cd-