Parallax, genial subtoot
A recent tweet made me realize another thing I'm proud of: ours is one of the precious few stories I've ever seen that's set in a world where mortality is reversible... and the characters, in their reactions to death and the rituals surrounding it, actually ACT LIKE IT.
Mild spoiler, Noa and Kirt actually talk about Kirt's Death Habit like the traumatic-but-recoverable event that it is. The only issue is the hovering uncertainty of whether a Mixolyne can be brought back without being... a bit off, compared to the person they were.
Granted, when you're working on your 30th or 40th demise like Kirt... yeah, OK, it's a pretty big concern. That boy is starting to suffer from some pretty serious Bird Drift.