Ooooo, I do love a good "detached narrator" framing device! I like the set up of a previously hostile relationship between the two parties, and your pacing is 10/10. A very solid entry friend!
Thanks so much! :D A new friend also in this jam said it read like a 40k Codex entry and I'm realizing that's kinda what I ended up with. Glad to hear I did it well.