[She says nothing further regarding her creators. What has happened, happened, and to linger on the notion would be to expression some sense of sentimentality.]

You are correct. Though Death is not a permanent state here.

There are Ports, and there are Floods. The former occurs when we dock at a wide variety of locations, while Floods are events that occur right here on the ship. Both have a tendency to affect the vast majority of the population in an illogical variety of ways. Everything from memories, to persona, to even your physical identity may be temporarily altered.

[Aya was not a fan of Floods and Ports.]