The Slow Choir

The liner Faithful Return left Havenmere this morning, on time. It carried the last of the wardens, and the last residents who registered for a ship. No ship

Wardens on Havenmere report that the district registers are fading. Names have gone from the pages. In the empty districts, the street signs are blank.

Some residents waiting

The Trajectory Office has concluded its review of the charting instruments here at Lodestar Station. The instruments are sound. They are charting the Slow Choir now, and it

The Trajectory Office has named the last ship to leave Havenmere. The liner Faithful Return will depart in six days, two days before the Slow Choir arrives. No

The Trajectory Office has ordered the evacuation of Havenmere. A Visitant called the Slow Choir will pass through in nineteen days. Four million people must leave.

The Slow