The manifest shortens by one: Zikora Ulriksen, 78 years. 3 children carry the line on.
Generation 4 · deceased
Zikora Ulriksen
Died Year 160, Day 337, aged 78.
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- Born
- Year 81, Day 349
- Department
- Hydroponics
- Parents
- Clara Ulriksen · Drift Quaye
- Children
- Gyre Valdivia · Yaling Valdivia · Meridian Valdivia
Appearances in the log
Last shift for Zikora Ulriksen, who joined Hydroponics half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
Zikora Ulriksen resolves a long-period comet in the forward field — a smudge of home ice, very far from home. It is logged and named.
A birth in Ring C: Meridian, boy, generation 5. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
Peizhi Valdivia and Zikora Ulriksen name their daughter Yaling. The nursery lamps stay warm.
A daughter, Gyre Valdivia, born in the Ring C infirmary to Peizhi Valdivia and Zikora Ulriksen. Mother and child are well.
Zikora Ulriksen takes the hand of Peizhi Valdivia before the assembled watch. I witness, as I witness everything.
The schools release Zikora Ulriksen to Hydroponics. Generation 4 takes up its tools.
Clara Ulriksen and Drift Quaye name their son Zikora. The nursery lamps stay warm.