Hi. I’m sorry for not responding sooner.
The continuation was intentional. Allowing the paper to be grabbed was determined to be inappropriate for the story.
But after playing with it more, hiding the text in animation seems like a mistake. The flying paper looks different after the latest update. None of the paper unrolls anymore.
I thought for a while about adding instructions into the game, too, but putting that in the face of anyone who skips the project page feels a little excessive.
There is a way to read lines after they’ve passed! Story progress is in the main menu in the “narrative” option (dialogue icon).