Suyin Yan, 84, generation 3, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 3 · deceased
Suyin Yan
Died Year 153, Day 56, aged 84.
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- Born
- Year 68, Day 266
- Department
- Drive
- Parents
- Kehinde Yan · Xingyu Ashworth
- Children
- Xavier Yan
Works in the Archive
- “Long Orchard, Iron Window” — a poem, Year 136, Day 234
Appearances in the log
Suyin Yan retires on the night watch. The department logs a quiet debt it cannot repay in parts or hours.
A new poem from Suyin Yan — “Long Orchard, Iron Window.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Suyin Yan and Rell Thorvaldsen name their son Xavier. The nursery lamps stay warm.
A wedding in the middle watch. Rell Thorvaldsen, Command; Suyin Yan, Drive. The ship approves in its way: the lights held steady throughout.
The schools release Suyin Yan to Drive. Generation 3 takes up its tools.
A daughter, Suyin Yan, born in the Ring B infirmary to Kehinde Yan and Xingyu Ashworth. Mother and child are well.