But the inhabitants of the massive vessel clearly didn't know where to look first.

Being an isolated small island, its inhabitants know each other very well.

The inhabitants do not know when the village was founded.

The inhabitants of Praunce might simply not know any better.

However, not all inhabitants know its metaphorical meaning or even the word as such.

In fact, its inhabitants didn't even know there were any worlds other than their own.

Most of them don't have names, or if they do, only the inhabitants know them.

Now the inhabitants were third generation and had never known any other life.

Thus, the inhabitants of each zone know absolutely nothing about life in other areas.

But the inhabitants knew it would have to end one day.