Hm, yeah. I agree with all of that - though that does put me in a bit of a bind with what I've put time into with that last point of feedback. I thought going full book would make more sense given that there are some actions which are described purely in text which I thought would look weird, set against characters that mostly don't move or change expressions etc (at least for the time being). I'll see if I can't dream up another way while I continue the work.
Thanks for the feedback!