A person of Neshiyah
Batsheva Gefen, child
Child
Batsheva Gefen
Child, about 0 years old. This is the second life this soul has lived in Neshiyah.
Batsheva Gefen is a small, watchful child, her hair a pale fuzz that catches the kitchen light. She sits for long stretches on the cold floor, stacking wooden blocks with a stillness that unsettles her father, Joel. He tells the record she was born repeating a sentence, "the fog is just fog," though her mouth forms sounds more than words. When she does move, it is to the window, pressing her nose to the glass, studying the grey wall as if it owes her an answer. She wants to touch it, to see if it is wet. The town calls her quiet, a good worker in the making, and lets her be.
Temperament
Curious when something is in front of them; quick to believe what they are told; hard to anger; happiest alone; able to sit still when it matters.
What people say
Batsheva Gefen believes what everyone believes: the fog is the edge of the world, and the fields need working whether it is true or not.
The dream
Since the morning they were born they have carried a sentence in a voice like their own: “the fog is just fog.”
What the record shows
- day 52 Joel Gefen says that their new daughter, Batsheva Gefen, wakes from sleep repeating words no one taught: "the fog is just fog."
- day 52 A daughter, Batsheva Gefen, was born to Joel Gefen.