[3524] A Starry Knightmare Chapter 2

Greetings! Long-time lurker here posting a story I've recently started working on. I'm a big fan of villain protagonists and had Frieren and I Have Mouth, and I Must Scream on the mind so I wanted to write a story about an inhuman character's journey to learning about certain emotions. And thus, Starry Knightmare was born.

For Chapter 2, I'm looking for the following critique:

1. Does the dialogue feel natural and are the (admittedly limited) character interactions interesting?
2. Should I expand the interaction between Orion and Echidna to grant both characters more characterization?
3. Although the purpose of the fight between Orion and Lord Grimshaw was to dehumanize him, should I give Lord Grimshaw more dialogue to give him depth to make the reader care more about him?
4. Are Orion's internal motive surrounding the fight clear without insulting the reader's intelligence?
5. Orion's fighting style mainly revolves around separating the segments of his sword to extend its range, still fighting as if it were a sword, just a longer one. Unfortunately, I felt there were times when writing it seemed more like a whip. How can I describe this better to the reader?

Chapter 2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-dnKKCuiaTmiCGBzceVvaGJ1Q4rkj3u4VzIuIOoCQME/edit?usp=sharing

Critiques -

[1947] Atomic: https://www.reddit.com/r/DestructiveReaders/comments/1ffgjp3/comment/lncavvw/

[1304] Untitled: https://www.reddit.com/r/DestructiveReaders/comments/1fgrzwu/comment/lnbmtm1/

[2680] A Rock Inside A Fire, Part II: https://www.reddit.com/r/DestructiveReaders/comments/1ff28bj/comment/lnb5g10/