Gyre Barakat, 89, generation 3, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 3 · deceased
Gyre Barakat
Died Year 150, Day 54, aged 89.
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- Born
- Year 60, Day 177
- Department
- Hydroponics
- Parents
- Harriet Barakat · Yakubu Patil
- Children
- Yusheng Nwosu · Torsten Nwosu
Works in the Archive
- “Three Furrows Turning” — a quilt, Year 98, Day 6
Appearances in the log
Last shift for Gyre Barakat, who joined Hydroponics half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
A new quilt from Gyre Barakat — “Three Furrows Turning.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Born at dimming: Torsten Nwosu, generation 4. The ship holds 952 souls tonight.
The youngest aboard is now Yusheng Nwosu, minutes old, asleep. 879 souls.
Birgitta Nwosu and Gyre Barakat are joined under the orchard lamps. The whole of Hydroponics turns out.
The schools release Gyre Barakat to Hydroponics. Generation 3 takes up its tools.
A birth in Ring D: Gyre, boy, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.