Harriet Singh, 96, generation 2, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 2 · deceased
Harriet Singh
Died Year 132, Day 262, aged 96.
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- Born
- Year 35, Day 330
- Department
- Archive & Schools
- Parents
- Funmilayo Singh · Enlai Pemberton
- Children
- Octavio Singh · Folasade Singh · Juniper Singh · Walid Singh · Gopal Singh · Meilin Singh · Zemin Singh
Works in the Archive
- “Small Watch, Hollow Garden” — a song, Year 52, Day 212
- “A kept furrow” — a poem, Year 119, Day 6
Appearances in the log
A new poem from Harriet Singh — “A kept furrow.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Harriet Singh retires in the middle watch. The department logs a quiet debt it cannot repay in parts or hours.
The youngest aboard is now Zemin Singh, minutes old, asleep. 770 souls.
Harriet Singh is delivered of a daughter on the night watch. The child is called Meilin.
Harriet Singh and Cedric Navarrete name their son Gopal. The nursery lamps stay warm.
The youngest aboard is now Walid Singh, minutes old, asleep. 702 souls.
The youngest aboard is now Juniper Singh, minutes old, asleep. 695 souls.
A birth in Ring C: Folasade, girl, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
Harriet Singh and Cedric Navarrete name their son Octavio. The nursery lamps stay warm.
Harriet Singh takes the hand of Cedric Navarrete before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.
Harriet Singh finishes a song: “Small Watch, Hollow Garden.” It shows in the commons through the week.
Sixteen years for Harriet Singh, who signs to Archive & Schools at brightening and is given a locker, a sash, and a schedule.
Funmilayo Singh and Enlai Pemberton name their daughter Harriet. The nursery lamps stay warm.