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Transcript:

Lucy reaches up to the counter and says, "A balloon, please!"

She starts to blow the balloon.

She gasps and wheezes from the exertion of blowing.

She walks home, dragging the deflated balloon behind her.

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[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

She is already holding the baloon in frame 1 though.

[โ€“] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Alright. Theory time. Who's got a good conspiracy for why she's already holding the balloon?

[โ€“] higgsboson@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It is her money, or perhaps a coinpurse, not the baloon.

I think it's a metaphor for the futility of life