Aha, thank you! I used your guide to compile the html file, but it was in the evening and I was half-asleep so I ignored the part about that blue link (I'll fix it).
The beginning being slow is the trade-off for not starting the player off in the middle of the story, while having to infodump about literally everything. It was a choice I made when I started writing the story, though I'm aware it has its downsides. Should pick up in the later chapters tho.
Thanks for taking the time to look through this.