Posting thoughts here since a pretty (not suspicious) deal was made.
Overall, I think this is a good entry into your team's upcoming articles. Admittedly, I expected a bit more interactions between Jared and Wendy, but going through it twice made me rethink about the plotline in the story. For its length, I think it justifies what's being done, however, I can't help but think there could be a bit more added to give the reader more context to what's happening.
(I haven't actually read the Old Man in the Sea canon)
The ending, while it suffices, I feel like it's a bit underwhelming; however! This could be due to this article foreboding future events, in which case would be fine for me. I do think, though, this article loses a bit of impact on the ending for that exact reason.
That's it for me. As for the output, I'll give this a +1. Despite the gripes I had, this is a good entry into future events, and certainly makes me interested to see more on what's happening, why, and the ending to the storyline.