Nima Oss
Nima argues that being rescued should not bind a person to lifelong gratitude.
The person
Nima argues that being rescued should not bind a person to lifelong gratitude. She helps arrivals contest harbor debts and sometimes opposes her own family’s claims for missing boats. She has persuaded Una to keep survivor testimony separately from the overdue ledger, allowing someone to be found without immediately being made public.
Place in the family
A child of Jalen Oss and Tovel Oss; part of the youngest recorded generation of House Oss.
Tovel makes rescue craft light enough for two exhausted people to drag above surge.
House Oss is an extended ferry family whose rescue sheds span rival jurisdictions.
Jalen coordinates boats without claiming command over their owners.
Lin represents families contesting the legal disappearance of their relatives.
Hedra records the sound of furnace valves by making notches in a wooden flute.
Meret married into the crown while working as a nursery grafting apprentice.