Josefina Barakat, 99, generation 3, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 3 · deceased
Josefina Barakat
Died Year 156, Day 291, aged 99.
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- Born
- Year 57, Day 228
- Department
- Hydroponics
- Parents
- Harriet Barakat · Yakubu Patil
Works in the Archive
- “Borrowed Thread (Year 121)” — a instrument, Year 121, Day 124
Appearances in the log
Last shift for Josefina Barakat, who joined Hydroponics half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
“Borrowed Thread (Year 121),” a instrument by Josefina Barakat, is unveiled in the middle watch to the particular applause of Hydroponics.
Albert Nwosu takes the hand of Josefina Barakat before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.
Josefina Barakat, sixteen, takes the mycologist apprenticeship in Hydroponics.
Harriet Barakat and Yakubu Patil name their daughter Josefina. The nursery lamps stay warm.