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    You look, she thinks, so strange. So… She pushes herself up onto her elbows. So unfamiliar.

    What? Pomni thinks. Of course it looks familiar.

    She looks just the same as she always does. I have bags under my eyes. Her hands are shaking. Why are they all so worried about me. She’s not entirely sure she’s remembering how to breathe. None of them even know who I was. She’s pretty sure the face staring back at her is somewhere halfway between herself and stranger.

    I think we’re going mad, Pom-Pom, says a voice that is not her own, and Pomni yelps.

    (Or: Your coping mechanisms suck shit, Pom-Pom.)

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    02 Jul 2026

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    "You're not dead," Pomni said with a frown. "Not yet, at least. You're just — indisposed."

    At that, Jax gave her a long look as his mouth narrowed out into a little line. Then he sighed quietly. It wasn't the way he used to sigh, with dramatic posturing that begged the attention from anyone even remotely listening. It was small. Tired. Reflexive. Then he sat down with his knees to his chest, glaring into the dark water. The only light here, a single streetlamp, glowed weakly.

    "Denial is an ugly color on you. Clashes with your stupid hat."

    "Jax — "

    "I'm gone," he snapped. His voice echoed in the abyss. "Don't you get it? No one comes back from Abstraction. You're not saving me, you're not helping me grow. All you're doing is keeping my body from rotting." Jax's hands worked their way up to his head, squeezing as he growled, "You're talking to a ghost."


    or, a post-canon fix-it fic, featuring the De-Abstraction of Jax. It's messy and it takes time, but it's never too late to try.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    "You are okay, Grace, question?" I ask.
    Grace doesn't reply. Their eyes flick up to me, unfocused. They open their mouth to reply but no words come out.

    !!!

    grace has a tonic-clonic seizure. rocky is NOT alright.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    There’s a gas leak on the Hail Mary and the sensors aren’t working properly. Ryland acts as a sensor.

    (Or Grace suffers from hypoxia and Rocky fixes it)

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    29 Jun 2026

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    Five times Stratt’s Team finds out that Ryland Grace has many more talents that extend outside of science and one time they found something he’s really bad at.

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