How many more of these are there?” Rio asked.
SO this isn't a great example as in the comments the same bug isn't happening here. But I noticed there are no spaces behind some of the " " you have. Same for my stories, I've tried to correct this by adding another space but it hasn't worked lol. Thought I would comment on that as it really bugs me.
Otherwise, I enjoyed the story, curious to see where you take it. :)
Markdown sometimes sucks a bit, yes.