[1992] My patient spent eight million years under a bench at the Glenmont metro

This is the first part of a sequel to a story I wrote a few years ago that was kind-of popular: If you're armed and at the Glenmont metro, please shoot me. In this sequel, I'm trying to link the universe of the original "Glenmont" story with my fictional universe that spans a self-published novella and a few short stories. In other words, I'm trying to retcon this sequel into both the original Glenmont story and my fictional universe. My goal in linking the original, stand-alone Glenmont short story with my other material is to entice people to buy my self-published book. So, yeah, I'm kind-of going back to the well to see if I can capitalize on the popularity of the original story.

The first venue for this "eight million years" sequel is reddit's r/nosleep. So it has to be scary and creepy.

If I'm lucky, at least one reviewer here will already be familiar with the original story. I have a question about how a reader of the original story views what I'm creating in this sequel. If you've happened to have read the original "Glenmont," my question to you is:

• Do you get a bad sense that this sequel is just a low-quality money-grab to get people to buy my book? Like, say, the way many reviewers thought Alien vs. Predator was "made with one goal on it's mind, to profit. It lures in fans of both franchises, in the hope of something great, but what we get is a mess, a Gore dependent movie with no reason at all. This movie is an insult to both franchises..."

I am trying to have this sequel stand on its own, without requiring a reader to go back and read the original work, or even have any knowledge of it. So, whether you've read the original story or not, here's what I want to know:

• Is the writing tight, exciting and interesting? Is it fast-paced enough to keep you reading, yet slow enough to dwell on the stuff that you want to know more about?
• If you haven't read the original story (which I assume will be most reviewers), was the recap of what happened prior to this sequel detailed and interesting enough to stand on its own? Or did you get the feeling that you've jumped into the middle of something and missed the beginning. Like if you started reading Harry Potter at book 4, skipping books 1-3 - you've missed plenty of stuff and are lost immediately?
• And the ultimate question: would you keep reading?

Thanks for reading all of this preliminary material. Here is the link to the story for review

My patient spent eight million years under a bench at the Glenmont metro

And my offering of previous reviews is here:

[3697] Chapter 1: The Extraction