A person of Neshiyah
Phineas Sharon, child
Child
Phineas Sharon
Child, about 6 years old. This is the second life this soul has lived in Neshiyah.
Phineas Sharon is a small, serious bundle, with dark eyes that track a hand or a spoon with the patience of someone twice their size. They rarely cry, and when held, they settle into a comfortable weight, trusting the arms that carry them. Their one habit is a slow, deliberate blink, as if filing away what they have just seen. They are happiest when propped near a window, watching the light shift on the wall. What they want is to be set down on the ground, though they cannot say so. The town sees them as Tobiah’s quiet one, the child whose first words were not “mama” or “papa,” but a calm correction: *the fog is just fog*.
Temperament
Curious when something is in front of them; trusting, within reason; hard to anger; happiest alone; able to sit still when it matters.
What people say
Phineas Sharon 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 A guard at the end of the south road turned Phineas Sharon back at the fog line with a reminder that the Council prefers people to stay at their work.
- day 46 Tobiah Sharon says that their new son, Phineas Sharon, wakes from sleep repeating words no one taught: "the fog is just fog."
- day 46 A son, Phineas Sharon, was born to Tobiah Sharon.