Nice, if a bit slow, opener.

Good to see Lacey getting a story to flesh out her character history. It builds on what we already knew without sounding like you're simply repeating yourself which is a difficult thing to achieve - kudos my friend.

P.S. - Thanks for the nod to a certain haunted patrol boat.

I really like Chapter 1 of surviving Picon and look forward to reading more of it. I give it 9 and a half stars out of 10.