I will refrain from shouting "GENIUS" at you over that backstory then, in an attempt to preserve your skull from becoming swollen. GENIUS :D :D This is great stuff.

With regards to that ... making the boring stuff seem comfortable and mundane but with a bit of zippy dialogue etc just to get people into the habit of that universe, maybe? Then a really MEAN sucker-punch to the soul.

... Yeah, don't mind me. I dispense (probably awful) advice at the drop of a hat.