Hello there.
There is a increase text speed button in the chat itself. Also you can skip chay by holding the response bar in the bottom of the chat. I might add a setting to increase the speedup function in the future. Scroll speed using a scrollwheel is indeed slow I would suggest dragging using the mouse for now as this is way faster. Will be looking into this in the future. Story wise I try not to exposition dump. From the MC's point of view everything will be explained as the story continues and as Richard provides upgrades.
Thank you for your feedback! 😄