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  1. Rec 48

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    “Rocky’s been away from home a very long time. And he’s never exactly told me he’s homesick. He’s never exactly talked about how much it hurts him to be apart from Adrian for so long. When he’s happy, everything is Erid, Adrian, Erid, Adrian. And when he’s not… he closes in on himself. When that happens, I don’t push. I give him space.”

    The Hail Mary is getting closer to Erid all the time, and the future is uncertain. Grace will eventually run out of coma slurry. Rocky doesn’t know if Adrian will still be waiting. And neither one of them knows if they will ever truly find a home. It’s a leap in the darkness. A Hail Mary. And all you can do is trust.

    Sequel to Sing Name, and we're gonna get to Erid. You don't have to have read Sing Name to read this, but some parts will make more sense if you have.

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    21 Jul 2026

  2. Rec 6

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    Eridians don't dream.

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    18 Jul 2026

  3. Rec 67

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    The file I’ve found is named: Grace Don't Look Until Beetles Launched

    Creepy. Ominous, even. There’s a little code attached to the file that hides it from a system search. The only way I could have found it was an accident.

    I open the file and a video log pops up. The play button blinks mockingly. The date at the corner of the log is two years before I first woke up on the Hail Mary. It would have been recorded when I was deep in coma-sleep. When everyone on board should have been deep in coma-sleep.

    Ilyukhina’s slightly pixelated visage is sprawled across a pilot chair and she’s mid-chew on a twizzler.

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    12 Jul 2026

  4. Rec 36

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    Ryland Grace is, against all odds, alive. He's living a lavish life on Erid with all the me-burgers he can eat and more probing (not like that!) scientists than he could have ever imagined. He's a teacher again, he's got beachfront property, and he's known as Savior Grace to a planet of aliens. Life is good.

    Rocky is, against all odds, alive. After over half an century (always Earth units!) away from home, he's more than ecstatic to be back. His star is brightening, his mate waited for him, and all of Erid loves him. Any request he has is almost instantly fulfilled. Life is good.

    So why are neither of them happy?

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    12 Jul 2026

  5. Rec 18

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    Nine candles on a homemade cake and a broken heart I didn’t have the words to explain at the time. I just didn’t want to make them sad, telling them that I wished I weren’t there. 

    That I missed her. That I wanted her. Not them. 

    “They’ll take good care of you, Rye-Rye. You won’t miss me at all, just you wait and see.”

    Bright red lipstick framing bright white teeth, flashing a smile at me before she ducked into his car and they drove off. I watched them even after I couldn’t see them anymore. 

    I didn’t even know his name, my mom’s new boyfriend. But I hated him. Because he made her choose. Him or me. 

    Nine candles on a homemade cake. 

    I remembered. 

    Grace starts to remember his past.

    It isn't even close to what he imagined.

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    07 Jul 2026