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oki. post & run

I should qualify: I'm not expecting the story to deal with any of these philosophical quandaries.

Right, so to prove the existence of the windows is easy.

1. Ask a friend (I know she doesn't have many) to stand outside.
2. Lean out the window and wave

Now, the most important element is the lean. As long as you stay inside you obey the rules of the tower. By ensuring you are bodily outside the window, you can get into the friend's space with her. You could throw a ball to her right? At the point you see each other there must be a physical line leading from her to the window (or to your body merged into the wall of the tower, which explains a lot as well, just in a different way)

Problem: What if you lean out and wave and she still can't see you?
Also easily solved. Assuming the thrown tennis ball always falls short and you're certain it's not your aim at fault

1. Tie a rope to a solid, inert object such as a bed frame or Ukee
2. Climb down the rope
3. Don't fall
4. While holding the end of the rope, walk up to friend
5. Look back to rope which should now lead to the window (provided you didn't let go)

Will have rejoined anonymously

the no long term immunity is a problem to the herd immunity solution. But the human genome has seen other corona viri... and it's survived x-thousand years... I have confidence it'll figure this out. In the meantime, I'll be sitting in my plastic bubble

Actually, I lie

I would tell him to get rid of it in a debut novel. Anyone who's worked their way to a book 3 (book 5 in your case) will sit through the world building -- even deserves the world building

You've churned a high page count in a short time

ok... given that info, if you're canvassing for opinions mine is leave as is and finish writing the first draft.

I would recommend you have windows (from outside) only at the top floor

Then Ukee's explanation requires less geometry:
Ukee: How many windows do you see?
Others: One row at the top
Ukee: And you have a window in your suite. Do you live at the top?
Others: ...

this simplification drops the requirement of counting steps

Frost & Charcoal hair?

Thanks for delete. I've learned these past few months to obfuscate the names (eg J3nna) to keep the google monster away. "Project L" and "Project  R" are named this way so I don't have to be so careful, though I don't expect any trouble because their haracter names are kind of common.

In one hilarious circumstance, tnbw used to come up first in a google search, ahead even of amazon. It took me 3 months to get google to "forget" this. I bet I can still drag up the links if I try but I don't want to remind it.

I highly recommend Butlerian Jihad. I was impressed enough to get them in hardcover. The ending /is/ forced though. Ugly forced. Like we've written ourselves into a box and have to cheap our way out forced. But there's a tie-in to House Atreides, which is a nice bonus.