He realized he had not reached his door quickly enough to avoid possible interaction with his very odd and boisterous new neighbor. Hoping to save himself in the moment, all of his effort was dedicated to the phrase repeating incessantly in his mind.

Well... started by working on different approaches to use light to highlight key aspects of a stylized character's features and let the scene play out from there. Not sure what is says about me with regards to what I ended up with, but it is what it is.