Heyy, the premise is really exciting, is it ok to ask for a community copy? This broke college person recently got diagnosed with cancer of all things and so is currently stuck at home with nothing but time to play indoors.
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Also, not sure if you're familiar with her but this reminded me of Aliette de Bodard's Xuya universe!! (a series of space opera short stories where space ships are sentient and are naturally part of the family given that they're mainly based on Asian cultures).
Her writing is soo good and atmospheric you might also enjoy reading them as much as I did! Some of her stories are published online for free: https://www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography/novels/the-universe-of-xuya/