After 74 years, Halvard Diallo has let go. Remembrance in the Ring A commons at next dimming.
Generation 2 · deceased
Halvard Diallo
Died Year 112, Day 155, aged 74.
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- Born
- Year 37, Day 296
- Department
- Fabrication
- Parents
- Efua Diallo · Ragnar Han
- Children
- Ming Tväten · Daisy Tväten · Vera Tväten
Appearances in the log
Halvard Diallo retires at brightening. The department logs a quiet debt it cannot repay in parts or hours.
Hull & Shielding back in service. The old hands say it sounds better than before; the instruments say it sounds the same.
Born late in the second watch: Vera Tväten, generation 3. The ship holds 761 souls tonight.
A daughter, Daisy Tväten, born in the Ring C infirmary to Huda Tväten and Halvard Diallo. Mother and child are well.
Born on the night watch: Ming Tväten, generation 3. The ship holds 712 souls tonight.
Huda Tväten and Halvard Diallo are joined under the orchard lamps. The whole of Fabrication turns out.
Halvard Diallo chooses Fabrication — or it chooses him; the elders disagree cheerfully.
A birth in Ring B: Halvard, boy, generation 2. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.