Anton Sharma, 74, generation 2, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 2 · deceased
Anton Sharma
Died Year 120, Day 193, aged 74.
- Born
- Year 46, Day 49
- Department
- Drive
- Parents
- Dolores Sharma · Devendra Yacoub
- Children
- Folasade Pemberton · Gilbert Pemberton
- “Standing Hymn, Sunless Winter” — a quilt, Year 75, Day 181
- “Unlit Map, Kept Map” — a mural, Year 80, Day 93
- “A standing wheel” — a poem, Year 91, Day 299
Last shift for Anton Sharma, who joined Drive half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
Anton Sharma has made a poem called “A standing wheel.” Asked what it means, he says it means about nine years of evenings.
A new mural from Anton Sharma — “Unlit Map, Kept Map.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Sarala Pemberton and Anton Sharma name their son Gilbert. The nursery lamps stay warm.
Born at dimming: Folasade Pemberton, generation 4. The ship holds 786 souls tonight.
Anton Sharma has made a quilt called “Standing Hymn, Sunless Winter.” Asked what it means, he says it means about nine years of evenings.
Sarala Pemberton takes the hand of Anton Sharma before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.
Anton Sharma, sixteen, takes the fuelwright apprenticeship in Drive.
A birth in Ring C: Anton, boy, generation 2. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.