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From the past -

a message blurred by

memory.

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sitting here

between

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And the conversation is

back and

forth, what has

happened, what

will happen, and

you and

I now

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Gladstone, Huto N.

Spark Machinist, Second Class.

 

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Each of us

our own

ancestors

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We are between past and future- 

our lives like a ball

a game between

racketed opponents

you swing you

may hit you 

swing you

may not

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Canfor, Henry B.

Assistant to the Fourth Plane Navigator.

One time upstanding,

one time disgraced. Who sought something 

no one else

could see

no one wanted.

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McKay, supervisions guy.

He got off in

Port Rykocka

and wasn't there eleven

days later when

we sailed.

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Honestly

I've thought about it

I don't remember this guy at all. I mean

that's definitely the forward actuator compartment

on Ivy

I'd know it anywhere.

But I don't think I ever met this guy.

Never saw him.

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Margolia.

The Old Man.

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We were good at what

we did

for awhile.

A contract electrician, do you

remember?

Maffet. Maffet?

Maffet, I think.

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And so it was for the CBL-21 Blanket Ivy.

And when two (or more) bodies meet

it is the edges

that make contact.

94g/tonne, registered Emeasez,

hull struck 548.

Laddows, Chief Engineer.

A competent man, originally from Terst

as I remember.

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The edge of everything.

 

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This must have been taken

before the accident.

That's the old 52A5.

Remember

that?

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It's Thumb, isn't it? Isn't that

what they called this guy?

Not sure if

that's a real name, like

a given

name

but that's what they called him.

I think it was Thumb.

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Eeton.

Light duty machinist, level three.

I have a funny story about

when we were in

Haffens Bay

one time.