Thank you! You know, I wasn’t thinking zombies specifically but I see what you mean. My overall aesthetic goal was to start dark and creepy and unknown and then transition to warm and homey and safe after the lightning. Another mirror of what usually happens in real life. (Ironically, just a couple of days after I submitted this, our area was hit by a big thunderstorm with lots of lightning and neighborhoods for miles around lost power for about 6 hours.)
So if your overall takeaway was “opposite of a zombie apocalypse”, then I think I hit it pretty close to the mark!
Thanks again for the comment, glad you enjoyed!