[Age 0: You were born, and your parents named you Nell.]
[Age 1: You were born in Rock City, a city in the far north of the Federation. Here, for a third of the year, everything is covered in snow and ice. You are the youngest child in your family, the sixth in line, with three older brothers and two older sisters.]
[Age 2: Your mother is a gentle person with flaxen long hair. She isn't frail; to support you and your siblings, she works three jobs a day. She is only home at night, and the one who cares for you is your fifth sister, who is two years older than you.]
Whenever your mother comes home late at night, she carefully strokes your forehead with her rough hands and sings you lullabies to put you to sleep.]
[Age 3: You have your first memory of your father.]
