PreetC12

The Record, the measures and the school

Age at landing

22

From

Indian, Punjabi, from Amritsar

Before

Mathematics graduate training as a science teacher; calligraphy as a hobby

Main skill

Writing, drawing, arithmetic and memory

Other skills

Calendar and stars, standard measures, later the telegraph and printing

Personality

Precise and shy, and fiercely stubborn about the truth. Records failures as carefully as successes.

Strength

Remembers everything and can explain anything.

Flaw

Watches instead of joining in. The least strong at first. People fear what she writes about them.

Wants

That nothing learned is ever lost again.

Story arc

The narrator of the book. Her Record is the manual; she ends by printing it.

In year 50

Alive, aged 72

First partner

Jonas, from month 14

Leads phases

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Helps in phases

01 First days: water, fire, shelter
07 Carpentry, the village, measures and writing
08 Farming, cloth, leather and household industry
12 Precision and machine tools
14 Electricity, generators, motors and batteries
15 Railways, steam and electric cars, the power grid