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    "Here," said Healy. She held out a lighter and clicked it on.

    “What are you, my boyfriend or something?” said Holland.

    Healy hesitated for a moment, while Holland slouched harder against the wall behind her and tried to convey through her eyeballs, I’m just an innocent little heterosexual, it would be an awful shame if some sinister old lesbian seduced me later tonight.

    Healy, thank God, caught Holland’s drift and leaned in closer. She cupped her hand around Holland’s to shield the lighter from the summer breeze until the tip of the cigarette caught.

    “You in the market for a boyfriend, March?”

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    28 Jun 2026

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    "Grace clicks his tongue. 'You know, Simon, in my classroom I expect a certain amount of decorum. Students need to know how to control themselves, despite anything that might cause excitement or…distraction.'”

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    In which Simon kind of, sort of, really likes that Grace is a teacher.

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    24 May 2026

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    After nearly passing out trying to take a shower, Grace offers his help to Simon to wash his hair.

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    16 May 2026

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    One Grace-sleep is not so long.

    It is not “night,” but Grace calls it night, and so Rocky does too. One human night. One third of one human day. One three-hundred-thousandth of Rocky’s life so far.

    This is what Rocky tells himself. He folds up on his xenonite shelf above Grace’s sleeping area, and he listens, and he fiddles with his clock, and he tells himself that it is not so long.

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    Rocky has lived through the deaths of many of his friends. He does not want to lose Grace.

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    07 May 2026

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    "Humans put Eridians in game, question?"

    "You mean, like a spider?" I ask. "Are you seeing a spider?"

    "Not spider," Rocky says. "Four legs. Tall carapace."

    "What color is it?"

    "Middle-rough."

    Middle-rough. That's Eridian for green.

    "Strange sound," Rocky comments.

    The creeper explodes.

    Grace and Rocky play Minecraft. That's it that's the fic

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    02 May 2026