After 83 years, Basma Ning has let go. Remembrance in the Ring D commons at next dimming.
Generation 3 · deceased
Basma Ning
Died Year 154, Day 204, aged 83.
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- Born
- Year 70, Day 335
- Department
- Hydroponics
- Parents
- Lakshmi Ning · Halley Navarrete
- Children
- Kirill Ning · Pallas Ning
Appearances in the log
Last shift for Basma Ning, who joined Hydroponics half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
A birth in Ring B: Pallas, boy, generation 4. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
The youngest aboard is now Kirill Ning, minutes old, asleep. 973 souls.
Qiang Nwosu takes the hand of Basma Ning before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.
Basma Ning confirms a new wheat cultivar in Bay 3 — shorter stalk, fuller head. It will be called what the children already call it.
The schools release Basma Ning to Hydroponics. Generation 3 takes up its tools.
A birth in Ring A: Basma, girl, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.