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It's hard to talk about this without spoilers, so I'll suggest reading through the story first before reading my 'review/comment'. 'A Small Cafe' is an entrancing philosophical argument disguised as an existential coffee shop scene. It's sets up it's characters naturally and makes effective use of the community sprites. The use of classical music sets the tone well for the quiet contemplative scene that's about to unfold. The plot itself is a simple one, where it's just two business-wolves having a chat over business strategies, that then evolves into a clash of world-views, via aggressive capitalism and charity/socialism. They reach an impasse at the climax of their discussion, which then leads into a surprising twist that becomes existential and somewhat supernatural and cosmic.

I feel that this is where the wolf design theme (four horsemen of the apocalypse) made itself apparent, as the reveal that the coffee shop is a cosmic trap to capture the literal horsemen and the main character is a supernatural force of "the-light-in-the-dark", comes a bit too abruptly and ends the debate between the two world views. This isn't done in a logical or conceptual way, it just claims the main character as the winner, and then the horseman of death-wolf shows up to flirt mildly with the MC.

It's a story that presents itself as an interesting conversation, but then gets deus ex machina'ed, is how I would describe it. In terms of implementation of theme, it presents the main character as an anti-thesis to the horsemen of the apocalypse, but is vague about what that actually is outside of metaphor. The visuals and audio make good use of creating a vibe that I could chill to. I wouldn't want to be harsh when it comes to creativity since it's subjective, but a coffee shop scene is fairly standard, but props for adding that twist. Overall, it was a gripping read that left me longing that it stuck to its initial premise.