23-Citla
INHABITEDResearch assistant at UT Linear Solidarity Lab
LOCATION
Linear Austin
Personality
Observant, quietly furious, scientifically rigorous. Believes data matters more than marches. Documents everything. Uncomfortable with both Linear pride rallies and her grandmothers Refreshed circle. Questions whether understanding the divide changes anything.
Background
Named to mark her timeline. Father Refreshed in 2038, taking a tech-name she refuses to acknowledge. Grandmother Rosa Refreshed at 68 in 2031, now chronologically 84 with bodyline 66. Citla watches them age backward past her mother, who refuses treatment. At 24, she will look older than her abuela within fifteen years. Took the UT research job to understand what fractured her family.
CULTURE
East Austin Latino community, UT research circles, Linear solidarity movement. Family fractured by Refresh — grandmother and father treated, mother aging naturally.
WHY THIS NAME
Timeline-name format following early Linear activist convention: birth-year prefix (23 for 2023) plus Citla, shortened Nahuatl Citlali (star). Parents rejected Catholic baptismal names as institutions that supported Refresh access for clergy.