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"Maia had not been in an airship since the age of eight, when he had been brought to the Untheileneise Court for his mother's funeral, and his memories of that time were full of darkness. He remembered praying to Ulis to let him die, too.

The crew of the Radiance were all very solemn; they knew about the Wisdom of Choharo and he saw grief and fear in their faces."

You see what I mean?

So far the prose is flat and unappealing and the characters have stock reactions that don't feel compelling or idiosyncratic at all. I assume the archaic speech is meant to elevate the prose but it just clashes with the rest of the workmanlike prose.