Aster Shen, 80, generation 4, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Generation 4 · deceased
Aster Shen
Died Year 167, Day 238, aged 80.
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- Born
- Year 86, Day 311
- Department
- Hydroponics
- Parents
- Safiya Shen · Qing Petrov
- Children
- Umbra Shen
Works in the Archive
- “Nine Harvests Sleeping” — a tale-cycle, Year 162, Day 168
Appearances in the log
“Nine Harvests Sleeping,” a tale-cycle by Aster Shen, is unveiled on the first watch to the particular applause of Hydroponics.
Aster Shen stands down from Hydroponics at sixty-eight, to the orchard benches and the long game of stones.
Aster Shen is delivered of a daughter at dimming. The child is called Umbra.
Gantry Quill and Aster Shen are joined under the orchard lamps. The whole of Archive & Schools turns out.
A first shift for Aster Shen, sixteen: irrigation tech, Hydroponics. The badge is printed fresh.
The youngest aboard is now Aster Shen, minutes old, asleep. 895 souls.