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  1. Public Bookmark 60

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    "There's no sound in space. Not after the last of my crewmates died; it was just the ambient noise of our ship ever since. Nothing else. Not for a long, long stretch of time. Quiet is one of the worst things for us. Same as darkness for humans, I suppose. We try to avoid it as much as we can; Eridians, when together, rarely sit in silence. There is always talk or song or at least hums that carry no meaning and rythmic taps. Just to say I am here."

    or; after being away for so long, coming home doesn't go exactly the way Rocky had expected it to.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    “What made you come up with this?” Grace asks. His voice is thick.

    “Grace need comfort,” Rocky says matter-of-factly. “Like a hug. This comfort Grace, question?”

    Grace presses his hand more firmly against the top of Rocky’s carapace, and Rocky shifts a bit within the xenonite, rising so that they make nearly direct contact through the panel. It’s not like they haven’t done something like this before—Rocky is always pressing his claws up against Grace’s palm—but it’s different for Grace’s whole hand to be so close, to feel the heat of a living thing against his side and against his palm all at once.

    “Yeah,” Grace breathes.

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    On the trip to Erid, Grace is starving.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    Rocky visits Grace's life support quarters with some exciting news, some time into his recovery on Erid---the biodome habitat has finally been completed.

    It takes a step through the airlock and sinks down into rough sand and pebbles. I chirp and hop down after it. Grace has not seen the biodome yet, but neither have I, and in my enthusiasm I dart slightly ahead.

    Grace inhales so sharply that I turn to hear him better in a panic. “Grace? Grace, what is wrong? You are hurt?”

    My assumption is quickly corrected when, without warning, it bolts.

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    08 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 20

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    Generally, not knowing why you're experiencing gravity (especially when you decidedly should NOT be experiencing gravity) is not a good thing.

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    Everyone's favorite: the fishing scene!!! But from Rocky's pov

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    08 Jun 2026

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    “I had assumed you two were engaged in sexual congress,” DuBois says, shrugging carelessly, as if he didn’t just drop a metaphorical bomb in the middle of a crowded break room.

    I sputter, choking on the beer. “Wha— what?!”

    Grace learns that everyone thinks Stratt and he are in a relationship. Cue aroace panic. A lot of aroace panic.

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    07 Jun 2026