“It’ll work,” I said, feeling a fire burning in my chest. “I just know it will. Trust me. I’ve got a feeling.”

....Yyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhh...about that...

P.S. Not sure if it's my browser or whatever, but the header art for this chapter appears to be broken.

Damn it Nova

Well, off to an... interesting start. Rather than build up to an eventual shitstorm, you give an actual storm right out of the gate.
And since this is a fresh start (sort of), time to reset this old thing;
Emotionally Significant Death Counter: 0... for now.