The manifest shortens by one: Joaquín Yan, 75 years. 5 children carry the line on.
Generation 2 · deceased
Joaquín Yan
Died Year 114, Day 202, aged 75.
- Born
- Year 39, Day 94
- Department
- Fabrication
- Parents
- Ananya Yan · Dag Nordahl
- Children
- Edmund Ulriksen · Cedric Ulriksen · Tessa Ulriksen · Fernanda Ulriksen · Wei Ulriksen
- “Four Corridors Turning” — a poem, Year 109, Day 36
Joaquín Yan has made a poem called “Four Corridors Turning.” Asked what it means, he says it means about nine years of evenings.
Sixty-eight years: Joaquín Yan hangs up the sash. An elder's quarters in Ring B stands ready.
Huifen Ulriksen and Joaquín Yan name their son Wei. The nursery lamps stay warm.
A daughter, Fernanda Ulriksen, born in the Ring C infirmary to Huifen Ulriksen and Joaquín Yan. Mother and child are well.
Huifen Ulriksen and Joaquín Yan name their daughter Tessa. The nursery lamps stay warm.
Huifen Ulriksen is delivered of a son at brightening. The child is called Cedric.
A birth in Ring C: Edmund, boy, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
Joaquín Yan takes the hand of Huifen Ulriksen before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.
Sixteen years for Joaquín Yan, who signs to Fabrication late in the second watch and is given a locker, a sash, and a schedule.
Ananya Yan is delivered of a son late in the second watch. The child is called Joaquín.