What an amazing comment. Tip!

we perceive the tension not only between some characters, but also between the characters and reality.
Yes! Behind the characters there's a part of the story that we don't read but it's unfolding: the whole world is lost. There are hints about this when the meeting is postponed abruptly by the CEO (he wasn't going to meet with anyone, just running home for a lambda wave dissemination).
Having time, I should have built this progression much more slowly but i'm still fine the way it is now.