The tension shifts between the different scenes are pretty perceptible, from the dialog, to the bits of motion, with more people looking on... I like the detail level with everything here, the keys, the shelves, everything falling. Item amounts are limited but everything really feels alive with how it moves, and how you mix the motions with still drawings with even more life, building up the setting with brooding color, darkness and always a sense of motion in the scenes. Black speech bubbles didn't seem as relevant at the start, but it goes well with the theme... sometimes they seem to push their way into the picture in a strange way though.
As for the plot... dark! Really darker than I expected. When the old man comes along I wonder at first if he might be God, but it appears he's just an old man, waiting for the inevitable end without actually taking a stance against it. It feels like both a bit of wisdom and bad advice: to not try to change that which awaits just because someone tells you it's certain. I feel you should always do everything you can. Until the end. But: very moody animation... and with a message too.
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