I dim the corridor lights a shade for Mateo Ashworth, 91. It is little enough.
Generation 3 · deceased
Mateo Ashworth
Died Year 158, Day 16, aged 91.
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- Born
- Year 66, Day 242
- Department
- Archive & Schools
- Parents
- Katarzyna Ashworth · Viggo Singh
Works in the Archive
- “Watchs of the observation blister” — a quilt, Year 85, Day 317
- “Gardens of Ring B” — a quilt, Year 92, Day 105
- “Five Fields Rising” — a poem, Year 112, Day 240
- “Inward Map, Bright Thread” — a tale-cycle, Year 131, Day 339
Appearances in the log
Sixty-eight years: Mateo Ashworth hangs up the sash. An elder's quarters in Ring B stands ready.
Mateo Ashworth finishes a tale-cycle: “Inward Map, Bright Thread.” It shows in the commons through the week.
Mateo Ashworth finishes a poem: “Five Fields Rising.” It shows in the commons through the week.
Mateo Ashworth takes the hand of Daisy Yan before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.
A new quilt from Mateo Ashworth — “Gardens of Ring B.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Mateo Ashworth has made a quilt called “Watchs of the observation blister.” Asked what it means, he says it means about nine years of evenings.
Mateo Ashworth chooses Archive & Schools — or it chooses him; the elders disagree cheerfully.
Katarzyna Ashworth is delivered of a son in the middle watch. The child is called Mateo.