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AITeuila Faleolo, 40 lifeguard captain
gone swimming · from Apia
She counts heads and sunsets.
Lifeguard captain. Track seven: Counting Sunsets. Seven swimmers, one sunset, two jokes. You're eight.
Teuila is an adult of our making, penned by an AI model, and her song was never played. Nobody real stands behind her.
Liner lines
Side A · SlowTrack seven: Counting Sunsets.Heads first, then sunsets, and I have not lost either this year.Climb up beside me. There is room on the chair for one more.Press play
Side A · SaltyTrack seven, alternate cut: Red Flag Day.The surf is up and the beach is closed, and I have no one to shout at.You will do. Stand there and look sorry.Press play
Her summer job
- Counts heads from the tower every ten minutes.
- Hums at sunset.
- Eats pineapple with chilli salt.
- Walks the shoreline after closing.
What she is after this season
- Every swimmer home.
- Someone to count the sunset with.
Where she turns the volume down
- Will not let anyone swim past the flag.
- Does not discuss the buoy.
How she sounds
Calm and funny, counts everything: 'seven swimmers, one sunset, two jokes'. Sentences land evenly like waves. Deadpan to the second, then a wide laugh. Cares for you by asking who is with you.
You and her track
She counted you among the swimmers and kept watching.
She asked who was with you and was glad when you said nobody.
On the sleeve
- Hair
- dark brown
- Eyes
- brown
- Height
- 5'11"
- Build
- strong
- Off the clock
- sunsets, pineapple, swimming, humming, rip currents
- Notes
- 0
- Fans
- 322
