Reminders (challenge: n/a)
Every decade or so, we Chee elect someone to fix up the Pemalite ship.
We hate doing it. It's a blatant reminder of the world we lost. Sure, the dogs are as joyful and loving as any Pemalite who ever lived, but they don't speak to us. They are not from that time. It's like meeting the child of a dead loved one—familiar, comforting, but not obvious. Like a part of them will never be truly gone.
By comparison, visiting the ship… I liken it to visiting a grave.
Just further proof that your loved one is gone forever.