Nice exposition here, my friend. The explanation was well-executed. It didn't feel forced, and the strong dialogue really helped it out. I just have to commend all the character development that you did in the previous chapters. The rewards from that slow crawl is finally ready to be reaped. Dynamics and individual characterization is fully-fleshed out, and they all seem to have their distinct voices. I don't want to pick out a favorite character out of fear that he/she might not last until the end haha! Amazing work so far, this story is going quite well :D