Vogod

Doctor Kenneth thought for days before naming him Alex, and as he felt the growing bond between them in the depths of his heart, wishing his name to mean something, he said: "Your name is the reason why you exist. You are the guardian of humanity, Alex..."

Alex approached the baby and looked at her more carefully. Like his father, he believed that names were more than just lovely words given without a purpose. He wanted to keep this memory of his father alive, relive it every time and to pass it through generations like a tradition. The newborn's pale pink colored skin shimmered in the sunlight, with prominent green veins like an obsessive ivy covering her flesh. When he met her big almond eyes, bright like a pearl, he found the name that would suit her. He took the baby from Alexandra and raised her into the sky, between the palms of his hands for the others to see.

"Taown," he said ringngly. He named her Pearl.

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Translator: YAĞMUR GÖKSEL

Thanks to Yağmur Göksel, who helped me share this novel, which I wrote in my native language(Turkish), by translating it into English.