Stanley Fossum, 79, generation 2, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 2 · deceased
Stanley Fossum
Died Year 104, Day 258, aged 79.
- Born
- Year 25, Day 16
- Department
- Ecology
- Parents
- Lärä Fossum · Tunde Chekhov
- Children
- Quill Shen · Anton Shen · Ngozi Shen · Adnan Shen · Layla Shen · Anders Shen · Fuhua Shen · Fermín Shen
Stanley Fossum retires in the middle watch. The department logs a quiet debt it cannot repay in parts or hours.
Natalya Shen and Stanley Fossum name their son Fermín. The nursery lamps stay warm.
A son, Fuhua Shen, born in the Ring A infirmary to Natalya Shen and Stanley Fossum. Mother and child are well.
The youngest aboard is now Anders Shen, minutes old, asleep. 720 souls.
A daughter, Layla Shen, born in the Ring A infirmary to Natalya Shen and Stanley Fossum. Mother and child are well.
A son, Adnan Shen, born in the Ring B infirmary to Natalya Shen and Stanley Fossum. Mother and child are well.
A birth in Ring C: Ngozi, girl, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
Born on the night watch: Anton Shen, generation 3. The ship holds 806 souls tonight.
A son, Quill Shen, born in the Ring A infirmary to Natalya Shen and Stanley Fossum. Mother and child are well.
A wedding at brightening. Stanley Fossum, Ecology; Natalya Shen, Drive. The ship approves in its way: the lights held steady throughout.
Stanley Fossum chooses Ecology — or it chooses him; the elders disagree cheerfully.
Lärä Fossum is delivered of a son on the night watch. The child is called Stanley.