Thank you so much for reading!! Your praise is really encouraging, and it's also great to get critique on what parts didn't work as well.
I definitely agree with you that there's a lack of world building and character interaction (and in retrospect your expectation of Kit, Pseu, and the hunters all having a more ideological confrontation after the fight really did seem like the next logical step in the plot. I'm really disappointed in myself that I didn't do that lol). Writing environmental descriptions is also one of my weaknesses, so I'll have to practice that more. I'll be sure to keep all of this in mind in any future writing I do!
Once again, thank you so much for your feedback! :)