The People's History of China Vol. 2 (Fiction)

Sun Yat Sen

CLASSIFIED

Case #: 8567492                    Lead Investigator: Prof. Zhang Wei

Name: Unknown                        Height: 179 cm

Date of Birth: Unknown         Weight: 75 kg

Sex: Male                                  Eyes: Light Brown

Notes:

3/10/13

Several attempts at conducting a CAT scan while subject was comatose have failed. Technicians cite power surges as the cause of failure in each of the attempts and are currently in the process of repairing the CAT scanner. Without the tomographic images available, we cannot medically analyze his brain.

Not much can be gleaned from his personal items. The frame counter of his Leica M4 film camera reads “1” indicating that he had just started on a fresh roll of film. His wristwatch is an automatic self-winding 1920 Rolex Oyster powered by the natural motion of the wearer’s arm. When he was found, his watch had stopped at 5:30 but it is unknown whether it was AM or PM. The photograph in his possession is a mystery. The man is dressed in military uniform but it is devoid of any insignias. He is clean-shaven, his hair neatly parted, seems to be around 30 years old, and bears eyes that seem to be aware of your presence beyond the photograph. Facial recognition programs have failed to match the face of the unknown man in the photograph to any digital records.

Reports say subject cried out in the early morning of the 10th, alerting the orderlies of his awakening. His heartbeat was elevated to 160 beats per minute and his breathing was extremely labored. He awoke as if in mid-sob and his wail reverberated through out the ward, inducing spells of weeping in any individual within earshot of his anguish. However, after noticing the people around him weeping, the subject took great pains to control himself and as he gradually calmed down so did the nurses and doctors that were attending him. Testimonies from the other doctors and nurses affected revealed communal feelings of anguish, but none of them could articulate why exactly they began to weep. Further observations for the day were postponed and subject was moved to a private room in the eastern wing of the hospital.

They have named him Liu Shui, “flowing water.”