Clara Ouyang does not wake on the first watch. 76 years, most of them given to Life Systems.
Generation 4 · deceased
Clara Ouyang
Died Year 178, Day 358, aged 76.
green-thumbedmethodicalbookish
- Born
- Year 102, Day 165
- Department
- Life Systems
- Parents
- Safiya Ouyang · Zenith Fossum
- Children
- Chitra Ouyang
Works in the Archive
- “Fields of Year 160” — a poem, Year 160, Day 17
- “Kept Engine, Standing Lantern” — a mural, Year 168, Day 215
Appearances in the log
Sixty-eight years: Clara Ouyang hangs up the sash. An elder's quarters in Ring A stands ready.
Clara Ouyang has made a mural called “Kept Engine, Standing Lantern.” Asked what it means, she says it means about nine years of evenings.
“Fields of Year 160,” a poem by Clara Ouyang, is unveiled on the night watch to the particular applause of Life Systems.
Clara Ouyang and Zenith Diallo name their daughter Chitra. The nursery lamps stay warm.
A wedding on the night watch. Zenith Diallo, Archive & Schools; Clara Ouyang, Life Systems. The ship approves in its way: the lights held steady throughout.
The schools release Clara Ouyang to Life Systems. Generation 4 takes up its tools.
A birth in Ring B: Clara, girl, generation 4. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.