After 60 years, Widad Shen has let go. Remembrance in the Ring D commons at next dimming.
Generation 5 · deceased
Widad Shen
Died Year 184, Day 149, aged 60.
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- Born
- Year 124, Day 114
- Department
- Life Systems
- Role
- sanitation engineer
- Parents
- Fern Shen · Quill Shen
- Children
- Ragnar Shen · Ember Shen · Ibrahim Shen
Works in the Archive
- “Seasons of the observation blister” — a quilt, Year 140, Day 347
- “A slow water” — a poem, Year 147, Day 159
Appearances in the log
Born at brightening: Ibrahim Shen, generation 6. The ship holds 815 souls tonight.
Widad Shen is delivered of a son at dimming. The child is called Ember.
A son, Ragnar Shen, born in the Ring B infirmary to Widad Shen and Arthur Navarrete. Mother and child are well.
Widad Shen has made a poem called “A slow water.” Asked what it means, she says it means about nine years of evenings.
A wedding at dimming. Arthur Navarrete, Drive; Widad Shen, Life Systems. The ship approves in its way: the lights held steady throughout.
A new quilt from Widad Shen — “Seasons of the observation blister.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
The schools release Widad Shen to Life Systems. Generation 5 takes up its tools.
A birth in Ring D: Widad, girl, generation 5. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.