With regards to where you’ve moved this, the above string of precisely 42 exclamation marks may just about sum up the utter awesomeness you’ve packed into 1024 characters.
Your prose is flowing and beautiful, but at the same time you’re setting up some kind of epic action piece (potentially) which is a nice mixture to see – I’m very much hooked! MH :)
Very exciting installment and has a pretty good feel for transitioning from the beginning mood piece to more action and more of what the story will be about.
This was an awesome continuation from the first piece. The floating ship is, of course, great, but I loved reading Stefnir’s transition from “am I crazy?” to “this is not good!”