The manifest shortens by one: Drift Barakat, 73 years. 3 children carry the line on.
Generation 4 · deceased
Drift Barakat
Died Year 170, Day 54, aged 73.
exactingmeticulous
- Born
- Year 96, Day 148
- Department
- Fabrication
- Parents
- Suyin Barakat · Lumen Zhao
- Children
- Node Barakat · Amina Barakat · Kestrel Barakat
Appearances in the log
Sixty-eight years: Drift Barakat hangs up the sash. An elder's quarters in Ring D stands ready.
Drift Barakat is delivered of a son at dimming. The child is called Kestrel.
Drift Barakat and Nikolai Zhao name their daughter Amina. The nursery lamps stay warm.
A birth in Ring A: Node, girl, generation 5. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
A joining in Ring A: Nikolai Zhao and Drift Barakat. The pressing of cider is authorized.
Repair complete on Fabrication Shops after 3 weeks. I run the test cycle twice, out of respect for history.
Drift Barakat chooses Fabrication — or it chooses her; the elders disagree cheerfully.
The youngest aboard is now Drift Barakat, minutes old, asleep. 955 souls.