TARF·LOG

SUBJECT CARD · SELF-REPORTED

Partially Declassified
DESIGNATION"Tarf" — closest approximation your speech apparatus allows. The full designation is a number. You may not have the number.
ORIGINA moon of β Cancri b. Your astronomers filed my star under "the Crab". Nothing in that region resembles a crab.
TIME ON SITE~4,000 years. The assignment was described as "limited".
CURRENT ADDRESSThe settlement, top floor. further detail
OCCUPATIONField researcher. Catalogue of Earth life forms.
INCOME SOURCE[declines to answer]
INCIDENTS ON RECORD2 declassified. Total: a number
RESTRICTED TOPICSdreams, death, the cats
DISTINGUISHING MARKS[SEALED BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL]

Self-reported. Accuracy: complete. Completeness: adequate.

A tall slender figure in a field uniform seen from behind on a night rooftop, looking up at one bright star.
APPENDIX B · ANNUAL TRANSMISSION · UNDATED

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