Beatriz Fang, 97, generation 1, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 1 · deceased
Beatriz Fang
Died Year 115, Day 332, aged 97.
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- Born
- Year 18, Day 294
- Department
- Hydroponics
- Parents
- Yueqin Fang · Kirill Sokolov
- Children
- Ingrid Fang · Shanyuan Fang · Maksim Fang · Liang Fang · César Fang · Zbigniew Fang · Jinghua Fang · Clara Fang · Meilin Fang
Works in the Archive
- “What the Hymn Returns” — a song, Year 38, Day 277
- “A inward hymn” — a mural, Year 48, Day 11
- “Whole Signal (Year 115)” — a song, Year 115, Day 272
Appearances in the log
A new song from Beatriz Fang — “Whole Signal (Year 115).” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Last shift for Beatriz Fang, who joined Hydroponics half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
The youngest aboard is now Meilin Fang, minutes old, asleep. 737 souls.
Born on the first watch: Clara Fang, generation 2. The ship holds 745 souls tonight.
The youngest aboard is now Jinghua Fang, minutes old, asleep. 757 souls.
Born late in the second watch: Zbigniew Fang, generation 2. The ship holds 795 souls tonight.
Born on the night watch: César Fang, generation 2. The ship holds 825 souls tonight.
Beatriz Fang has made a mural called “A inward hymn.” Asked what it means, she says it means about nine years of evenings.
The youngest aboard is now Liang Fang, minutes old, asleep. 883 souls.
Beatriz Fang isolates a repeating radio source in the wake. Natural, almost certainly. The word "almost" keeps the commons busy a month.
A son, Maksim Fang, born in the Ring D infirmary to Beatriz Fang and Gyre Mazur. Mother and child are well.
A birth in Ring D: Shanyuan, boy, generation 2. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
The youngest aboard is now Ingrid Fang, minutes old, asleep. 929 souls.
A joining in Ring C: Beatriz Fang and Gyre Mazur. The pressing of cider is authorized.
A new song from Beatriz Fang — “What the Hymn Returns.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Beatriz Fang stands the walk of the full spinal corridor, as the sixteen-year custom is, and joins Hydroponics.
Yueqin Fang and Kirill Sokolov name their daughter Beatriz. The nursery lamps stay warm.