I was going through my old journals trying to make space when I discovered one entry that gave this link. I had not thought much of it at first, the animation trading off from stills then moving the stills, to actual animation. The author of this work is Niel Gaiman. and it is called The Price. I will not spoil it further. I will just say go watch. and tell me your opinion of it.

https://vimeo.com/56573423

Sometimes we are defended by the most unlikely sources.