Oh, dear. I will vote later, when I have more power, but am responding emotionally to the story.
What a timely piece. You take the world as it is and weave that reality into your story. And still you find a place for love among the gore. This is quite an ingenious take on the beginning. You work it well--organized and intelligible. Although it is quite grim in one way, it is redeemed by love in another :)